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The Lip Of Earth

Richard Cobb The Merthyr Rising Gwyn A. Williams (Groom Helm £7.95) This wonderfully vivid, compassionate, and intensely local book is a reminder, long overdue in this country,......

Chimeras

Benny Green Sullivan and his Satellites Alan Hyman (Chappell-Elm Tree Oooks £7.50). It may come as a surprise to some people to learn that Sir Arthur Sullivan had any......

Detached

Francis King Fire on the Mountain Anita Desai (Heinemann £3.50) Most English readers will probably assume that Kasauli, the summer-resort in the Simla hills that provides the......