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Casting A Long Shadow

John Vincent THE STRANGE DEATH OF LIBERAL ENGLAND by George Dangerfield Serif, £14.99, pp. 364 D angerfield', as this book is often called, ignoring the author's six other......

According To Norman

Nicholas Harman THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE SON by Norman Mailer Abacus, £14, pp. 242 THE LAST PARTY by Adele Mailer Blake, £16.99, pp. 380 N orman Mailer was born to compete.......