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Heartily Sick Of The Topic

Christian Caryl THE WAR THAT NEVER WAS: THE FALL OF THE SOVIET EMPIRE, 1985-1991 by David Pryce-Jones Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £22, pp. 437 A s I read this book, I found myself......

Fashions In Insanity

Jasper Griffin WHOM GODS DESTROY: ELEMENTS OF GREEK AND TRAGIC MADNESS by Ruth Padel Princeton University Press, £19.95, £10.95, pp. 276 T he thought of suicide, says Nietzsche,......