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The Beard Factor

Caroline Moore THE CUNNING MAN by Robertson Davies Viking £15.50, pp. 489 We are left in no doubt as to the identity of The Cunning Man. His hand- some face stares out at us......

God Save Australia Fair

Alexander Rose A RIVER TOWN by Thomas Keneally Sceptre, £15.99, pp. 330 T he American colonists considered themselves the Elect; Australia's first Europeans were the Damned. One......