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Outing The Fiihrer

Frederic Raphael THE HIDDEN HITLER by Lothar Macthan, translated by John Brownjohn Basic Books, f10.99, pp. 288, ISBN 0465043089 W hen Nero was in one of his paranoid frenzies,......

Bright And Early

Clayre Percy YESTERDAY MORNING by Diana Athill Granta, £12.99, pp. 169, ISBN 1862074844 T he dreadfulness of lying was brought home to me when I was four years old.' The......