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Laughter In Court

John Mortimer THE OXFORD BOOK OF LEGAL ANECDOTES edited by Michael Gilbert Oxford University Press, f12.50 I sometimes think that the chilling things in the law are the jokes. I......

Terror As An Everyday Affair

Anita Brookner FOUND IN THE STREET by Patricia Highsmith Heinemann, f9.95 T he sentimental Victorian title of Patri- c ia Highsmith's latest novel — her 14th, by MY reckoning,......