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The Armchair Wanderer

A review of The Longest Way Home by Andrew McCarthy (and a way of following in his footsteps without all the scary bits) Andrew McCarthy is a travel writer. He was once a film star, a teen idol and a sensitive teen; he still acts and directs. But reading his biography The Longest Way Home you…

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Agent Dmitri

Agent Dmitri When I saw the tagline “The Secret History of Russia’s Most Daring Spy” I mentally checked it under exaggeration for the sake of publicity. After all, every good book needs a tagline to draw in the reluctant reader; something to get the bookshop browser to pick up the book and pay the man,…

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