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Books

Out of the chrysalis John Bayley VLADIMIR NABOKOV: THE AMERICAN YEARS by Brian Boyd Chatto & Windus, £25, pp.783 W riters who travel undergo a meta- morphosis. Hawthorne......

Fighting With The Prime Minister

Richard Lamb FISHER AND CUNNINGHAM: A STUDY OF THE PERSONALITIES OF THE CHURCHILL ERA by Richard 011ard Constable, £15.99, pp. 192 R ichard 011ard has had full access to Admiral......