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Volcanic Sicily

Words are Stones: Impressions of Sicily. By Carlo Levi. Translated by Angus Davidson. (Gollancz, 16s.) CARLO LEVI'S first book, Christ Slopped at Eboli, was a best seller and a......

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'HE did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back,' Dr. Johnson told Boswell, 'but he believed the gentleman was an attorney.' Singular as Dr. Johnson was, he was not......

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