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All Children But His Own

Juliet Townsend SIGNALLING FROM MARS: THE LETTERS OF ARTHUR RANSOME edited by Hugh Brogan Cape, £17.99, pp. 377 T hey are part of childhood for so many of us. Captain John, Mate......

Through A Nightmare To Lilliput

Andrew Barrow A WAVERING GRACE: A VIETNAMESE FAMILY IN WAR AND PEACE by Gavin Young Viking, £17.99, pp. 238 T he horrors of Vietnam dominated the media during my formative years......