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Mole Truth

GEORGE EWART EVANS Fenland Molecatcher Arthur Randell edited by Enid Porter (Routledge and Kegan Paul 21s) When a man talks about his craft, especially if it is one he has......

Open Secret

PETER J. SMITH The Ultimate Folly Richard McCarthy (Gol- lancz 48s) To a citizen of any other country, the open- ness of American public affairs is a perpetual source of wonder.......

Down Frunze Way

RONALD HINGLEY Farewell Gul'sary! Chingiz Aitmatov, trans, fated by John French (Hodder and Stough- ton 28s) From time to time, apparently on some form of rota, writers from the......