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Books

`Incredible rows . . . a terrible scene' Julian Jebb Luchino Visconti: A Biography Gaia Ser- vadio (Weidenfeld & Nicolson £12.90) rr his is a very rum book, poorly written .1......

Mr Standfast

Philippa Toomey John Buchan: A Memoir William Buchan (Buchan &Enright £9.95) The Best Short Stories of John Buchan, Volume II Edited by David Daniell (Michael -Joseph £8.50) T......