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A Thorn In The Side Of The Desert Enemy

Philip Warner JOCK LEWES: CO-FOUNDER OF THE SAS by John Lewes Leo Cooper, £19.95, pp. 266 I n July 1941, when the Germans had occupied Europe from Scandinavia to Greece, Britain......

The Anatomy Of An Obsession

David Profumo THE LONGEST SILENCE: A LIFE IN FISHING by Thomas McGuane Yellow Jersey Press, £17, pp. 280 by Thomas McGuane Yellow Jersey Press, £17, pp. 280 W hen the late......