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The Power Of Total Contempt

Sibylla Jane Flower ONE FOURTEENTH OF AN ELEPHANT, A MEMOIR OF LIFE AND DEATH ON THE BURMATHAILAND RAILWAY by fan Denys Peek Doubleday, £18.99, pp. 522. ISBN 0385607407 (C)......

Mission Highly Improbable

Saul David MIMI AND TOUTOU Go FORTH: THE BIZARRE BATTLE OF LAKE TANGANYIKA by Giles Foden Michael Joseph, £16.99, pp. 319, ISBN 07718145550 £14.99 (plus /2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848......