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Books

Genius for description John Stewart Collis George Orwell: The Road to 1984 Peter Lewis (Heinemann Quixote Press pp.' 22, £7.95, £4.95) This biography of George Orwell by Mr......

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Gavin Stamp A Broken Wave: The Rebuilding of England 1940-1980 Lionel Esher (Allen Lane pp. 326, £12.95) 'Lionel Esher' — as he now chooses to call himself, so nicely suggesting......