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Hangmen Prefer Blondes

Peter Cotes The Trial of Ruth Ellis Jonathan Goodman and Patrick Pringle (David and Charles £3.50) Poor Ruth Ellis. Nobody was to call her Mrs Ellis. Not for her the posthumous......

Over The Hill And Far Away

Peter Ackroyd Exterminator! William Burroughs (Calder and Boyars £2.85) A Sense Of Survival Kevin Casey (Faber and Faber £2.75) There are'no flies on William Burroughs, he......