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The World of Books

on BBC Home Service Basic

Introduced by Kenneth Allsop

This week:

John Morgan reviews In That Dawn, published yesterday. In the third volume of his autobiography, Konstantin Paustovsky describes his experiences in the Russian Revolution

Julie Felix on American Ballads and Folk Songs collected by John and Alan Lomax

Karl Meyer of the Washington Post reviews Bitter Heritage, Arthur Schlesinger Jr's controversial book on Vietnam

Francis Hope on new novels

Contributors

Presenter:
Kenneth Allsop
Unknown:
Julie Felix
Unknown:
Karl Meyer
Producer:
Jocelyn Ferguson

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