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Distorting Mirrors

Peter Ackroyd Cults Of Unreason Christopher Evans (Harrap £3.00) When I was a boy, the questions and answers of the Roman Catholic catechism were drummed into me. I still......

Analysing Dickens

Bill Grundy The Reader's Guide to Charles Dickens Philip Hobsbaum (Thames and Hudson £2.00; pa perback, E1.00). I take it to be a sign of my complete lack of taste that I much......