Book reviews

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Agrarian change in Sri Lanka. edited by James Brow and Joe Weeramunda, New Delhi, Newbury Park, London: Sage Publications. 1992. 445pp The Political Economy of Small Tropical Islands: The Importance of Being Small. edited by Helen M Hintjens and Malyn D D Newitt, Exeter: University of Exeter Press. 1992. 247pp Behind the Eurocentric Veils: The Search for African Realities. by Clinton M Jean, Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. 1991. 113 pp. The struggle for Legitimacy. Latin American Labor and the United States 1930–1960. by Jon V Kofas, Tempe: Center for Latin American Studies, Arizona State University. 1992. Economic Reform and Third‐World Socialism. by Peter Utting, London: Macmillan, and United Nations Research Institute for Social Development. 1992. 320pp Soviet Central Asia. A Tragic Experiment. by Boris Z Rumer, Boston: Unwin Hyman. 1989. 204pp A Captive Land: The Politics of Agrarian Reform in the Philippines. by James Putzel, New York: Catholic Institute for International Relations, London and Monthly Review Press, 1992 Human Development Report 1992. by United Nations Development Programme, New York: Oxford University Press. 1992. 216pp Fiction reviews Meatless Days. by Sara Suleri, London: Collins. 1990. 186pp. £12.95hb The Chase. by Alejo Carpentier, Translated from the Spanish by Alfred MacAdam, London: André Deutsch. 1990. 122pp. £9.95hb Aura. by Carlos Fuentes., Translated from the Spanish by Lysander Kemp, London: André Deustch. 1990. 88pp. £4.95pb Samba. by Guillermoprieto, London: Jonathan Cape. 1990. 245pp. £13.95hb The Buddha of Suburbia. by Hanif Kureishi, London: Faber. 1990. 284pp. £12.99hb Changing village, changing life. by Prafulla Mohanti, London: Viking. 1990. 288pp. £14.99hb Jasmine. by Bharati Mukherjee, London: Virago. 1990. 241pp. £12.95hb The Middleman and Other. Stories by Bharati Mukherjee, London: Virago. 1990. 197pp. £4.99pb