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MARCH 1984 No: 69
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GENERAL REVIEWS Simon Blow Gillian Greenwood Godfrey Hodgson Alan Jenkins Phill ip Knightley Celestria Noel Ronald Payne A L Rowse Martin Walker
The Souls .................................................................. 12 Diane Johnson 's Dashie/1 Hammett.... .. ................... .. .. 15 The Nuclear Delusion. .... .. .. ..... ....... ......... ........ ...... ..... 2 John Updike 's Hugging the Shore .. .. ................. ........ . 10 The Emperor: Haile Selassie ...................................... . 4 Fields Elysian : A Portrait of Hunting Society ..... . .. .. .. .... 13 Klaus Barbie : Butcher of Lyons ........... .... .......... ...... .... 7 Skidelsky 's J M Keynes ...... ....... ... .... .... .... ....... ....... .... . 5 Hugh Brogan 's Arthur Ransome. ..... .... ........ .... ..... . .. ... 8
David Profumo
REVIEWERS REVIEWED Susan Marling
AN W ilson
Secrets of the British Library ... ....................... .......... ... 17
Roman by Roman Polanski .. .... .. ············.····················· 20
Biographical Snoopers. ....... .... ........... .... ...... .. .. . .. ... .... 21
Paul Forster
Photographs of Ch ina. ..... .. ....... ... ... .............. . .. .... ... . .. 23
ART Jan Marsh Nicholas Garland
The Pre-Raphaelites' Women .. .... .......... ... ........ .......... 26 Manet.. ............ ....... .. .. ................... ..... ....... .. .... .... ..... 29
MUSIC Brian O'Shaughnessy Susan Scott-Parker
FICTION Paul Ableman Neil Berry Mary Cadogan Howard Davies Nicc i Gerrard Lucretia Stewart
Wagner and Nietzsche ...... ... .. .. .. ........... ...... .. .. ...... .. ... 30 The Real Whores of War ........ . .. ..... ................ .... .. .. .... 32
Philip Roth ............................................................... . 34 , Charles Bukowski ... ... .. .. .. .. .......... ....... .. .................. ... 36 1 J I M Stewart, Stanley Middleton. .. .. ........... .. .. ........... . 38 1
Law- Yone, Llewellyn Burdett ...... .... ... ..... ... ... .. ........... 35 Kathy Acker ....... .... ..... ....... ............ ..... ...... ............. ... 37 Ruth Rende/1, Stephen King ............ . .. ........ ............ .... 39
POETRY George Szirtes
John Hollander, The Candy-Floss Tree .. .... .. ...... .. ....... . 40
POEMS
Anne Born, Gavi n Ewart, John Heath-Stubbs ...... .. .. ... .. .. .. ..... .".. .. ... . .... . ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... . 42 · James Aitch ison , Peter Forbes, W ill iam Scammell, Lu kas Tom in ...... .......... .. ... . .. .. .. .. .. 43 An drew Waterman, John Wh itworth. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... 44
SHORT STORY V E Schloredt
The Bathing Suit ...... ..... .......... ............ ... ........ ....... ... .. 45 .
Letters Notes on Contributors Pick of the Paperbacks
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