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The Beast In The Jungle

Shiva Naipaul The Savage Andrew Sinclair (Weidenfeld and Nicolson £5.00) Despite everything, we are still attached to the quasi-mystical notion that words—especially those......

That Uncertain Feeling

John Sparrow S pooner: A Biography William Hayter (W. H. Allen £4.95) Every one knows what is meant by a s Doonerism,' but most people know little or nothing about the man after......