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Very Heaven, Looking Back at the 1960s. S. Maitland (ed.), Virago, pbk, E495, Enjoyable and sorious accounts in their own words of what it was like for a number of feminist women in those long. lost, long-haired days. Oscar Wilde. R. Ellman, Penguin, pok, £6.99. The definitive biography of the great man who thought that we will never hava socialism because it will involve too many meetings. The Free Economy and the Strong State- The Politics of Thatcherism, A. Gamble, Macmillan, phk, £7.95. Carefully argued and challenging analysis of the current regime. Well worth reading if only to see where you disagree with it. Lenin: the Novel, A. Bries, Paladin, pbk, E5.99. Favourably reviewed in our pages carlier this year. Full of penetrating psychological insights into the life of the great man, such as did he use a family ratcard to get to tho Finland station? Did he know those boards went out of fashion in Russia after he went into exile? And so on... The Satanie Verses, S. Rushdie, Viking, hbk, E12.95. Latest densely wrought novel from the author of Midnight's Children and Shame, Charactenstically intense and majestic in scope banned all over the place because of alleged insults to Mohammed. A Scrape of Time, Ida Fink, Peter Owes, hbk, £9.95. A haunting collection of stones about lite in Poland during the Holocaust by an eye-wilness. Poignant, humane and beautiful - avoiding all the pitfalls of much holocaust literature, this is an undiscovered masterpiece. Twenty Years On, M. Farrell (ed.), Brandon, pok, £4.95. Powerful collection from nine participants in the stormy birth of the civil rights movement in the north of Ireland. Easy reading, fascinating account of the different traditions that came to bear on these devlopments An essential Christmas present for you and your friends. (Sco back cover for a Socialist Outlook special offer).