27 NOVEMBER 1982, page 24

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Eric Christiansen Love, Death and Money in the Pays d'Oc Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (Scolar Press £17.50) O ne evening, on the highway not far from Nimes, a nobleman overtakes a......

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Francis King The End of the World News Anthony Burgess (Hutchinson £8.95) I once used to believe that a creative writer should write each word as though it were his last. Now I......