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Keeping Up The Banter

Philip Glazeb rook IN XANADU by William Dalrymple E14.95, pp.310 I t is disappointing that no voice express- ing the feelings and viewpoint of their generation has made itself......

Explosive Moral Issues

Sophia Watson PLAYING IN THE SAND by Christopher Hudson Macmillan, 02.95, pp. 240 D ouglas Manifold once wrote a great war poem, 'DogDay.' Since then he has written stylish,......