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Svejk-like

Richard West The Bad Bohomlan Cecil Parrott (Bodley Head V10) Those of us who reckon The Good Soldier Svejk one of the half-dozen funniest books , ever written were already much......

Reputed Orator

Kenneth Lindsay An Autobiography Abba Eban (Weidenfeld and Nicol son £10) I think it was Sir Alec Douglas-Home who, when Foreign Secretary, said of Abba Eban: 'He must be the......