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A Poor Village In Fascist Italy

Miranda Seymour FONTAMARA by Ignazio Silone Dent, £8.95 F ontamara is one of the small band of books which, once read is never forgot- ten. Silone wrote it in 1933, basing it on......

How Pleasant To Meet Mr Young

Francis King SLOW BOATS HOME by Gavin Young Hutchinson, 02.95 aft, S ince it took Gavin Young a whole year to ocean-hop and island-hop from Hong Kong ever westwards to an......