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The Story Of A Lay Preacher

William Scammell S. J. PERELMAN: A LIFE by Dorothy Herrmann Simon & Schuster, £14.95 DON'T TREAD ON ME: THE SELECTED LETTERS OF S. J. PERELMAN edited by Prudence Crowther......

The Bear Is Still On The Prowl

Radek Sikorski SOVIET POWER: THE CONTINUING CHALLENGE by James Sherr Macmillan Press, £29.50 W hat is Mr Gorbachev, we all ask ourselves? A revolutionary trying to break the......