April 1987 Issue This is an incomplete listing of issue contents Jump to: General | Biography | Essays & Letters | Interview General Paul Theroux Slow Boat to China China – Land of Discovery By Robert K G Temple The New Chinese Revolution By Lynn Pan Waves By Bei Dao LR Biography Christopher Hitchens Self-Castrated Beaver Castro By Peter Bourne Christopher Hitchens Self-Castrated Beaver Castro By Peter Bourne LR Essays & Letters Hilary Mantel The Last Post Last Letters: Prisons and Prisoners of the French Revolution By Olivier Blanc LR Interview David Profumo A Fearsome Dignity David Profumo tries to talk to James Fenton LR
Paul Theroux Slow Boat to China China – Land of Discovery By Robert K G Temple The New Chinese Revolution By Lynn Pan Waves By Bei Dao LR
Hilary Mantel The Last Post Last Letters: Prisons and Prisoners of the French Revolution By Olivier Blanc LR
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