June 1993 Issue This is an incomplete listing of issue contents Jump to: Biography | Political Biography | Fiction Biography Patrick O'Connor Poor Boy makes Good in Boomtime USA Merchant of Dreams: Louis B Mayer, MGM and the Secret Hollywood By Charles Higham LR Political Biography Matthew Parris Where’s the Beef? John Smith – The Slow, Steady Rise of Labour's New Leader By Andy McSmith LR Fiction Nick Hornby Gloriously Triumphant Paddly Clarke Ha Ha Ha By Roddy Doyle LR
Patrick O'Connor Poor Boy makes Good in Boomtime USA Merchant of Dreams: Louis B Mayer, MGM and the Secret Hollywood By Charles Higham LR
Matthew Parris Where’s the Beef? John Smith – The Slow, Steady Rise of Labour's New Leader By Andy McSmith LR
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