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Master Of The Shrug

Philip Hensher NOBODY'S PERFECT: BILLY WILDER, A PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY by Charlotte Chandler Simon & Schuster, 120, pp. 352, ISBN 0743217098 L ong long ago, they used to say that......

Footloose For Half A Lifetime

Justin Marozzi THE TRAVELS OF IBN BATTUTAH edited by Tim Mackintosh - Smith Picador, £20, pp. 325. ISBN 0330497 13X W alk into an airport bookstore and chances are the shelves......