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One Smoking Englishman

Jonathan Cecil HOW'S THAT FOR TELLING 'EM, FAT LADY? by Simon Gray Faber, £5.95, pp.236 I n such plays as Butley, Otherwise En- gaged and Melon Simon Gray has made a particular......

A Miscellany Of English Pros

David Wright UNSENT LETTERS by Malcolm Bradbury Deutsch, £9.95, pp.218 H ere is an entertaining collection of put-downs and take-offs: in effect Malcolm Bradbury's burlesque......