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Note Of Despair

TIBOR SZAMIJELY Message from Moscow An Observer (Cape 32s) The anonymous author of Message from Moscow describes himself as a non- communist Western student who has spent the......

New Novels

Hard truth BARRY COLE The Cost of Living Like This James Kenna- way (Longmans 30s) The Hungry Grass Richard Power (Bodley Head 30s) The Cardinal in Exile Hugh Ross William- son......