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Born In Bits

Francis King Cal T hough they are concerned with entirely different social strata, one high and one low, these novels resemble each other in their succinctness, their......

Appreciation

Gillian Avery Early Children's Books: A Collector's Guide Eric Quayle (David & Charles £14.95) I n the early 1960s I acquired a fairly repre- sentative collection of......

Good Thriller

Richard West Red Square Edward Topol and Fridrikh Neznansky (Quartet Books £8.95) A couple of years ago a thriller appeared kr - kcalled Gorky Park, in which the Moscow police......