Balkan Odyssey
David Owen. Mariner Books, $15 (480pp) ISBN 978-0-15-600521-0
A newly revised edition of the British diplomat's memoir. (Apr.)
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Reviewed on: 04/28/1997
Genre: Nonfiction
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