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One Woman At One Time Plays Many Parts

Anne Chisholm SPLITTING by Fay Weldon . HarperCollins, £14.99, pp. 265 F ay Weldon's novels, including this one, are not as weird as they at first appear. For some time now —......

The Riddle Of Arenas

G. Cabrera Infante THE ASSAULT by Reinaldo Arenas Viking, £15, pp. 145 I 've often wondered why Reinaldo Arenas became a q uarry of Fidel Castro and his many minions, in Cuba......