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South American Testing-ground

Robert Moss Small Earthquake in Chile Alistair Horne (Macmillan £3.95) We are going to be deluged with books on Allende's Chile, which is perfectly right and proper, since (at......

Bookend

Bookbuyer In the vexed matter of a trade union to represent the publishing industry, it looks as if the National Union of Journalists and Clive Jenkins's Association of......

Per Ardua Ad Astor

Maurice Collis Nancy: The Life of Lady Astor Christopher Sykes (Collins 0.95) This is a long book of over 200,000 words, which is more than twice as long as the average......