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White Fang

Charles Clover An Open Book John Huston (Macmillan pp. 389, £8.95) One bizarre story shows why the title of this excellent autobio g raphy can be annoyin g . John Huston was in......

Rum Joker

Xan Smiley The Last Days of White Rhodesia Denis Hills (Chatto & Windus pp. 187, £8.50) It is strange that no book of much merit has emerged from the war that brought the grim......