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Haunted by the past: Last Days in Cleaver Square, by Patrick McGrath, reviewed

Visions of Franco torment Francis McNulty whenever he recalls his youth fighting with the International Brigades

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  • Last Days in Cleaver Square

    Patrick McGrath

    Hutchinson, pp. 225, £16

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