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Rhapsody In Black Humour

Christopher Hawtree A TALENT FOR GENIUS by Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger Villard, $25, pp. 527 A ny movie, however bad, that finds a Part for Oscar Levant is always worth......

Little Given To Romance

Richard 011ard THE DIARY OF JOHN EVELYN edited by Guy de la Becloyere Headstart History, £21, pp. 501 I f there is to be a core curriculum for schools to provide the young with......