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French Lessons Post-stalin

Anne Applebaum MADAME by Antoni Libera, translated by Agnieszka Koiakowska Canongate, £10.99, pp. 438 I f the task of a good novel is to describe a particular time and a......

The Past As A Friend

Francis King HE DANCED WITH A CHAIR by Ted Walker London Magazine Editions, 30 Thurloe Place, London SW7, tel. 0207 589 0618, £12.50, pp. 198 E dwin Muir, chiefly known as a......