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Our Fathers Fought Franco

Willy Maley (editor),TamWatters, Rosemary Williams, Jennie Renton Luath Press, (Edinburgh, 2023) pp.200 Paperback, £12.99; Kindle, £10.05 ISBN: 9781804250402

The first volume of comedian Alexei Sayle’s autobiography, Stalin Ate My Homework (2010) begins with a memorable account of his Communist parents’ decision to prevent him from seeing the film Bambi, preferring instead that their six-year-old son watch Sergei

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