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The Great Novelist As Generous Critic

Malcolm Deas TOUCHSTONES: E SSAYS ON L ITERATURE , A RT AND P OLITICS by Mario Vargas Llosa, selected, edited and translated by John King Faber, £25, pp. 353, ISBN 9780571214990......

Our Women At The Front

Jonathan Mirsky H IGH T EA IN M OSUL : T HE T RUE S TORY OF T WO E NGLISHWOMEN IN W AR -T ORN I RAQ by Lynne O’Donnell Cyan, £9.99, pp. 213, ISBN 9781905736096 V £7.99 (plus......