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Best Or Worst?

Geoffrey Wheatcroft B ARBARISM AND C IVILISATION : A H ISTORY OF E UROPE IN O UR T IME by Bernard Wasserstein OUP, £25, pp. 900, ISBN 9780198730743 ✆ £20 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870......

Defender, Though Not Of The Faith

Philip Hensher T HE S ECOND P LANE by Martin Amis Cape, £16.99, pp. 224, ISBN 9780224076104 ✆ £13.99 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 T hese journalistic pieces and two themed......