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The Killing Letter

At Twelve Mr. Byng Was Shot. By Dudley Pope. (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 30s.) Too often, the biographer with a man's reputa- tion to vindicate kills with over-kindness. One is......

Time Exposures

A Matter of Life and Death. By Virgilia Peter- son. (W. H. Allen, 21s.) Scenes from an Armenian Childhood. By Vahan Totovents. Translated by Mischa Kudian. (O.U.P., 15s.) JACK......