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THE LIGHT’S ON
AT SIGNPOST
GEORGE MACDONALD FRASER
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Source ISBN: 9780007136476
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CONTENTS
“One for All, and All for Fun”
Fourth Afghan
Law for Sale?
With the Tudors in Hungary
The Westminster Farce
Orcs and Goblins
Gene Hackman Should Have Blown up Vesuvius
The Europe Fiasco
Act of Settlement
“Not a Bad Bismarck, Was I?”
The Day of the Pygmies
A Writer, a Soldier, a Comedian, a Football Hero, a Beverly Hillbilly
The Truth that Dare not Speak its Name
To Scotland, with Love
“Phlam with Cheese” for the Stars
Crime and Punishment
No One Did it Better
“Thirty Years in Hollywood and You can still Learn Something New”
