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A Wealth Of Material

Duncan Fallowell A LIFELONG PASSION: NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA, THEIR OWN STORY by Andrei Maylunas and Sergei Mironenko Weidenfeld, £20, pp. 667 S o much could be said about this......

The Life And Hard Times Of A Squeeze-box

Caroline Moore ACCORDION CRIMES by E. Annie Proulx Fourth Estate, £16.99, pp. 381 M any of those who admired E. Annie Proulx's magnificent second novel, The Shipping News, must......