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A Bumpy Ride

Eric Christiansen An English Journey Richard West (Chatt( Windus pp.196, £8.50) Does it happen to every journalist, soone or later? After ten, or 20 or 30 years spell canning......

Fiction

Missionaries A. N. Wilson The Mosquito Coast Paul Theroux (Hamish Hamilton pp. 392, £7.95) Being human is bad enough. But imagine how much worse it is to be American. This,......