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The Forbidden Experiment Roger Shat

Wild things Anthony Storr the Forbidden Experiment Roger Shat- tuck (Secker £6.95) The, Wild Boy of Aveyron has been the Sabjet of so many papers and books that no more than a......

Jerome Kern: His Life And Music Gerald Boardman

Kern's music Benny Green Jerome Kern: His Life and Music Gerald Boardman (Oxford £9.50) The condition of popular music biography is so parlous that when tile spelling is correct......

The Companion Guide To Normandy Nesta Roberts

Books A peaceful province Richard Cobb The Companion Guide to Normandv Nesta Roberts (Collins £8.95) Guide books do not generally make a gripping read from cover to cover. It......