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A Side Dish For The Gourmet

Lloyd Evans THE STRENGTH OF POETRY by James Fenton OUP, 125, pp. 266 P oets are an infuriating bunch. In The Strength of Poetty James Fenton draws together an amusing compendium......

Shooting From The Hip, Sometimes Wide Of The Mark

Robert Oakeshott HOME AND EXILE by Cbinua Achebe OUP, .19.99, pp. 115 A ccording to one of those advance praise citations with which American publishers now plaster the jackets......