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Books

Resistance after death David Sexton THE WORLD OF SAMUEL BECKETT 1906-1945 by Lois Gordon Yale, £19.95, pp.241 W hat is a biographer to do about the previous versions of a life?......

A Blend Of Gandhi And Boss Tweed

Nigel Spivey A RABANTHOLOGY edited by Mollie Butler Wilton, £19.50 pp. 141 available from Lady Butler, Spencers, Great Yeldham, Essex I t is fair to speculate that Charles......