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Thrillers

Harriet Waugh Base Case Julian Rathbone (Michael Joseph pp. 187, £6.50) Once a Spy Rennie Airth (Jonathan Cape pp. 245, £6.50) Going for Gold Emma Lathen (Victor Gollancz pp.......

Recent Paperbacks

James Hughes-Onslow An Actor and His Time John Gielgud (Penguin pp. 229, £1.50). Listeners to Gielgud's off-thecuff radio talks may have thought they had been taken in by his......

Arts

Romantic isolation John McEwen The fact that the Modigliani retrospective currently to be seen at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (till 28 June) is only the second......