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A Hero Of Our Time

Francis King BEFORE NIGHT FALLS by Reinaldo Arenas Viking, £16, pp. 317 E very English writer who whinges over diminishing royalties, meagre PLR pay- ments, the hostility of......

Queen Mum's Still The Word

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