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Exploration

THE work of Samuel Beckett is a vast archi- tecture of exploration, each part standing on the achievement of its antecedents, each part starting from the closing premise of its......

Innocent Abroad

Road to Volgograd. By Alan Sillitoe. (W. H. Allen, 18s.) ALAN SILLITOE is a fine and original novelist, but his latest work falls into the well-trodden rut of 'books on Russia'......

Driving A Bargain

Disarm and Verify. By Sir Michael Wright. (Chatto and Windus, 25s.) Disarm and Verify. By Sir Michael Wright. (Chatto and Windus, 25s.) DISARMAMENT negotiations are susceptible......

First Waltz

Why are you walking so, Waltzing a yard in the air? When did you learn this new trick Dancing from flower to flower Like a humming-bird Drunk ai a lord in the sun, Deaf to all......