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A Low Opinion Of Human Nature

Jonathan Mirsky F ORTRESS B ESIEGED by Qian Zhongshu [Ch’ien Chung-shu], translated by Jeanne Kelly and Nathan K. Mao Penguin, £18.99, pp. 426, ISBN 02265345316 ✆ £16.99 (plus......

Mombasa And Zanzibar

Francis King DESERTION by Abdulrazak Gurnah Bloomsbury, £16.99, pp. 262, ISBN 0747577560 ✆ £14.99 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 T he bitterness of the immigrant experience, the......