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Funsters And Fantasts

Sam Leith M ASTERS OF A MERICAN C OMICS edited by John Carlin, Paul Karasik and Brian Walker Yale University Press, £25, pp. 256, ISBN 030011317X ✆ £20 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429......

Hunting Political Snarks

Jonathan Keates C RUSOE ’ S S ECRET by Tom Paulin Faber, £20, pp. 400, ISBN 057122157 ✆ £16 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 W andering the pavements of those uniquely dismal......