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Grass Roots

JAMES CORNFORD Stratagems and Spoils: A Social Anthro- pology of Politics F. G. Bailey (Blackwell 36s cloth, 18s paper) This is a much more serious and interesting book than the......

Riot Tactics

OLIVER WARNER Peterloo: The Case Re-opened Robert Walmsley (Manchester up 90s) This very long and rather extraordinary book can best be described as a marathon in......

New Novels

Pig tales BARRY COLE Pig Jeff Nuttall (Fulcrum Press 28s) The Land and The Flesh Ivan Potrc (Peter Owen 42s) The Shearers Rayner Heppenstall (Hamish Hamilton 25s) Dr Amadetts......