Fidelities
Richard Hall. Penguin Books, $11 (288pp) ISBN 978-0-14-014797-1
Fourteen insightful tales that adroitly explore many kinds of fidelities: to oneself, to one's companions, to truth. (June)
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Reviewed on: 05/31/1993
Genre: Fiction
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