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Books

Chronolo of rice pudding Eric Christiansen ISLAND STORIES: UNRAVELLING BRITAIN, THEATRES OF MEMORY, VOLUME II by Raphael Samuel Verso, £20, pp. 391 B oth England and Britain......

The Bow And The Basket

Tony Gould CHRONICLE OF THE GUAYAKI INDIANS by Pierre Clastres, translated by Paul Auster Faber, £9.99, pp. 349 I f, in the words of the poet, 'the proper study of mankind is......