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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......

Climbing Ivy

Kay . Dick Ivy When Young: The Early Life of I. Compton-Burnett Hilary Spurling (Gollancz 0.80) This is volume one of Hilary Spurling's biography of the late Ivy......