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He Was A Poet, He Was Young

Selina Hastings THE PERFECT STRANGER by P. J. Kavanagh Carvanet, £7.95, pp. 182 W hen it was first published nearly 30 years ago, The Perfect Stranger, P. J. Kavanagh's brief......

The Accountant Who Sailed Away

Richard Shone PAUL GAUGUIN: A COMPLETE LIFE by David Sweetman Hodder, £25, pp. 600 A t the notorious Post-Impressionist exhibition in London in 1910, almost the only paintings......