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Running Out Of Breath

James Simmons HEADED FOR THE BLUES by Josef Skvorecky Faber, £9.99, pp. 280 T his is a memoir plus ten stories writ- ten in English by the author who now lives in Toronto. I......

Clerihew Corner

Be careful not to confuse Laurie Lee With his namesake Robert E., Who of the two played the more Significant part in a civil war. James Michie......

Something Nasty In The Woodshed

Paul Sussman FATHER AND SON by Larry Brown Anchor, £6.99, pp. 381 I f Cormac McCarthy had ever scripted an episode of The Waltons, and David Lynch directed it, the end product......

King's Gambit Declined

Parviz C. Radji THE PRIEST AND THE KING by Desmond Harney I. B. Tauris, £24.50, pp. 205 H istory abounds in instances where omnipotent kings have rid themselves of meddlesome......