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Francis King T HE S UCCESSOR by Ismail Kadare Canongate, £9.99, pp. 207, ISBN 1841957631 ✆ £7.99 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 A lthough writers in languages of lesser currency......

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Chris Patten B ALLIOL C OLLEGE : A H ISTORY by John Jones OUP, £65, pp. 392, ISBN 0199201811 I n his second, revised edition of a history of Balliol College, John Jones —......