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Telling It How It Wasn't Quite

Eric Christiansen THE HOLLYWOOD HISTORY OF THE WORLD by George MacDonald Fraser Michael Joseph, f14.95, pp. 320 A ll historical films are ghost stories. They are all haunted by......

Disquiet On The Western Front

Anita Brookner THE SILENCE IN THE GARDEN by William Trevor The Bodley Head, £9.95, _pp. 204 A fter some thought, and despite a nagging undercurrent of familiarity, it be- comes......