October 1983 Issue This is an incomplete listing of issue contents Jump to: General Reviews | Reviewers Reviewed General Reviews Christopher Hitchens Last, Best Hope The Making of the Second Cold War By Fred Halliday LR Antony Beevor Chilean Lament Victor: An Unfinished Song By Joan Jara LR Kingsley Amis Get it Right A Word in Your Ear By Philip Howard LR Christopher Hawtree Short Measure October By Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy LR Reviewers Reviewed Susan Marling Make Lunch Not War The Limits of Sex By Celia Haddon LR
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'Thirkell was a product of her time and her class. For her there are no sacred cows, barring those that win ribbons at the Barchester Agricultural.'
The novelist Angela Thirkell is due a revival, says Patricia T O'Conner (£).
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'Only in Britain, perhaps, could spy chiefs – conventionally viewed as masters of subterfuge – be so highly regarded as ethical guides.'
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In this month's Bookends, @AdamCSDouglas looks at the curious life of Henry Labouchere: a friend of Bram Stoker, 'loose cannon', and architect of the law that outlawed homosexual activity in Britain.
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