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The Discarded Liberator

Stan Gebler Davies The Great Dan: A Biography of Daniel O'Connell Charles Chenevix Trench (Jonathan Cape £10.95) Scum condensed of Irish bog, Ruffian, coward, demagogue! T he......

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The Lucian of Trinidad Peter Levi Beyond the Dragon's Mouth Shiva Naipaul (Hamish Hamilton £12.50) S hiva Naipaul has powers of observa- tion, let alone of expression, which are......