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Ill-health

Anthony Storr The Diseases of Civilization Brian Inglis (Hodder & Stoughton pp.371, £.10.95) Brian Inglis has long been recognised as a well-informed historian and critic of......

Verbiage

Aparna Jack Six Problems for Don Isidro Parodi Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy-Casares (Allen Lane pp. 160, £5.95) Don Isidro Parodi is a detective jailbird whose knowledge of......