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Love's Labour Lost

Sion Simon LABOUR OF LOVE by Janet Jones Politico's, £14.99, pp. 275 T his book improves as it progresses, but it begins catastrophically. It is poorly writ- ten, poorly edited,......

The Craziest Gang Of All

David Hughes MONKEY BUSINESS: THE LIVES AND LEGENDS OF THE MARX BROTHERS by Simon Louvish Faber, f12.99, pp. 471 I grew up with the Marx Brothers. They were the crazy uncles I......