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Anecdotage

Duncan Fallo well The Most Upsetting Woman Richard Buckle (Collins pp.288, £8.95) Oh, what it must be to come from an interesting family! This is the story of Richard Buckle's......

Dispersed

Christopher J. Walker The Armenians: A People in Exile David Marshall Lang (Allen and Unwin pp.203, 12.95) About half of the six-million-strong Armenian nation still lives in......

The L.a. Beat

Paul Ableman The Glitter Dome Joseph Wambaugh (Weidenfeld and Nicolson pp.299, 6.95) I had heard of Joseph Wambaugh, of course, the L.A. cop turned best-seller writer, who kept......