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Books

The princess and the peabrain Alastair Forbes Time and Chance: An Autobiography Peter Townsend (Collins 25.50) The King was obviously devoted to the good-looking equerry.......

Svejk-like

Richard West The Bad Bohomlan Cecil Parrott (Bodley Head V10) Those of us who reckon The Good Soldier Svejk one of the half-dozen funniest books , ever written were already much......