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Wild About Wyler

Joshua Logan William Wyler Axel Madsen (W. H. Allen £3.75) Willie Wyler was always and is still out there in front. The rest of us were only "also rans." He was the one to beat,......

A Little Black

magic Peter Ackroyd If Beale Street Could Talk James Baldwin (Michael Joseph £3.00) The Raining Tree War David Pownall (Faber and Faber £2.95) Baldwin is a professional......