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Attention Leading To Detention

Anne Applebaum THE KGB'S LITERARY ARCHIVE by Vitaly Shentalinsky Harvill, £18, pp. 322 W hat's your interest then?' When Vitaly Shentalinsky first began his quest to open — and......

The Angel Of Death Has Been Abroad

Teresa Waugh THE HORSEMAN ON THE ROOF by Jean Giono Harvill, £8.99, pp. 374 0 nce there was a book called Regain by Jean Giono which French friends used to press on unsuspecting......