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Up From Irishry

Teems of Times and Happy Returns. By Dominic Behan. (Heinemann, 18s.) IN every fat man there's a thin one struggling frantically to get out: in Brendan Behan's case its his......

Beginners Only

riititt .ire a few late arrivals in the bookshops which will help, to solve the last-minute•Christ- atas present problem for the younger generation. l'irst, and finest, a new......

Alley Named Violence

Tennessee Williams. By Benjamin Nelson. (Peter Owen, 25s.) BOOKS subtitled 'His Life and Work' have at least one reliable fascination—that of revealing the autobiography in an......