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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......

In The Know

HENRY TUBE Westward to Laughter Colin Maclnnes (MacGibbon and Kee 30s) In the strange half-light of journalism, where subject-matter appears more important than its treatment,......

Mad Babylon

STUART HOOD. 1, Post - prison Writings and Speeches Eldridge Cleaver edited by Robert Scheer (Cape 35s) `It has been said that people get the ,rulers they deserve. I do not......