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AL EXANDER WAU GH Th e Se lec ted L e fler s of Wi l/i am Wa lt o11 (E d ) M alco lm H ayes P ATR IC K O 'CONNOR Sollle u;h erefor Me: A Biograp hy of Ri chard Rodge rs M ery l e S ec re s t CHRISTOPHER 0NDAATJE Paul Caugui11: A11 Erotic L ife N a n cy M ow ll M a th ews
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P ETE R WA SHI NGTON A Peli ca n in the Wilderness: H ennit s, Solitaries and R ecl uses l sabe l Co l ega t e J O H N CLAY Madn ess : A Bri ef H istory Ro y Porter CHARLES G IBSON Eccentri cs J ohn j olliffe
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T OBY Y OUNG Being a Mall ... in t/1 e Lousy Modem World R.obert Twigger DA VID P ROFUMO Sa lt : A World H istory M a rk Kurl a n sky j ANE R YE Front Cover : Great Bo ok J ac k et a11d Cover D es ig 11 Al a n Powers C HARLIE CAMPBELL Lost City of th e Incas Hira m Bingham D UNCAN MI NSHULL A Cook's Tour Anth ony Bourdain MI C HAEL SYM ES ON GARDEN ING
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J O HN D UGDA LE Th e Correct io11 s Jon a th a n Fr a nz e n R.I C HARD Z IML ER F l1g ht s of L ove B er nh a r d S c hlink A NDREW BARROW H eave 11 Forbid C hri s toph e r Hop e FRA NC IS KI NG Th e S ecret History of Modem ism C K Ste a d LucY LETHBRIDGE Cirlfrolll th e South Joanna Trollope EMMA P ARKER B OWLES T/1 e Nw; Y o1 1 Survival Kit Dai sy W a ugh CHRISTOPHE R BrtAY Spie s Mi c h ae l Fra y n M ARTYN B ED FO RD That Th e y May Fa ce th e Rising S u11 J ohn M c Gah e rn J ANE CHARTER IS Fam e Fatal e W e ndy H o ld e n S C ARLETT T HOMAS ON FIRST NOVE LS
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ALI STA IIl H ORNE's Th e Pri re of G lory, Ve rdllll I 9 I 6 won th e H aw th o rnd c n Pri ze in 1963, and h as recen tl y bee n re iss u ed b y Pe ng uin (£9. 99). His Seven Ages of Paris is t o b e publi s h e d b y Ma c mill a n thi s autumn .
PAMELA N ORRIS is writing a hi story of romantic love.
FR ANK M C LYNN's man y book s include "/ 066, ava ilabl e in pape rback from Pimli co. Hi s n ew bo o k, WagoiiS West, wi ll be publish ed b y J o nath an Cape in Jun e.
AL EXANDER W AUG H's God w ill be r evea le d at t h e e nd of th e m o nth (R ev iew).
EMMA PAitKER BOWLES is M oto rin g Co rresp o nd e nt fo r Ta1 /er. She lik es pl ay ing Mon o po ly .
RICHAR D GOTT is w ritin g a book abou t Imperial rebe lli o ns.
T OBY YOUNG's HoiV to Lose Frimds a11d Alietwte People, an acco unt of th e fiv e yea rs h e sp e n t in N ew York, was rece ntl y p ublished by Abac us.
PETER W AS HI NGTON is th e General Editor of th e Eve ryman Libra ry.
AIDA N HAllTLEY was born in Ken ya and has covered East Mrica as a journalist and politi cal analys t sin ce 1988. His new book , now provi sio nall y ca ll e d Dead by To morrow, w ill b e publi s h e d l ate r thi s yea r b y H arp erColl ins. H e li ves w ith hi s wife in Laikipia in a papyru s-roo fed hut, w hi c h is pl agued by snakes a nd sco rpions but has magnifi ce nt views ove r th e north . Thei r fifteen-month-old da ug hte r has just learnt to say 'li o n '.
RI CHAitiJ Z IMLER's novel s includ e The Lost Kabbalis t of Lisbou (Arcad ia).
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