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Prat Crit

John Scott China: The People's Republic, 1949-1976 Jean Chesneaux (Harvester £12.50) On the cover of this third volume in a modern Chinese history series, the author, Professor......

Sour Grapes

David Levy Beyond Reason Margaret Trudeau (Paddington £5.50) If it was the German philosophers who dived the deepest and came up the mud diest, the errant wife of the Canadian......