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America's Johnson

Jeffrey Meyers Edmund Wilson's America George Douglas George Douglas (University of Kentucky Press £19.55) E dmund Wilson's interests ranged from i the historical and......

Arts

Gaining access Giles Gordon Tom and Viv (Royal Court) Rents (Lyric, Hammersmith) Q ince seeing the film E. T. I've been haunted by the extra-terrestrial being's first word to......