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The Lowest Of The Low

Allan Mallinson THE INVISIBLES: A TALE OF THE EUNUCHS OF INDIA by Zia Jaffrey Weidenfeld, £15.99, pp. 293 H ijra, 'neither male nor female', is a word of Urdu origin, the......

Brother Of The More Infamous Donald

Richard 011ard NO I TELL A LIE, IT WAS TUESDAY. . . A TRUDGE THROUGH HIS LIFE AND TIMES by Alan Maclean Kyle Cathie, £16.99, pp. 182 T he reader will perceive from the title......

Elections And Selections

Nigel Clive ALBANIA: FROM ANARCHY TO A BALKAN IDENTITY by Miranda Vickers and James Pettifer Hurst and Co, £25, £12.50, pp. 324 T he publication of this book in May provided the......