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Frustrated Masters Of The Universe

Andrew Barrow STIFFED: THE BETRAYAL OF MODERN MAN by Susan Faludi Chatto, £15, pp. 662 T he author of this gigantic, high-flying and rather belligerent work is one of the......

Not One But Many Men

John Bowen GARRICK by Ian McIntyre Penguin, £25, pp. 678 R left his home in Lichfield to study law at Lincoln's Inn and gave it up, became a wine merchant and gave it up; he......

Headlines And Deadlines

Keith Waterhouse SECRETS OF THE PRESS edited by Stephen Glover Allen Lane, Penguin, £20, pp. 317 W ho buys books on journalism? Jour- nalists? I doubt it. The reverse, in fact......