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Granta 23: Home

Prague, Beirut, Des Moines, Derry, and the ugliest village in Essex. What is home for an Arab in Israel? Or for an exile returning to the Iowa county fair? Plus: Nicholas Shakespeare in Peru in search of the leader of the Shining Path, Abimael Guzman, and Ian Hamilton in pursuit of J.D. Salinger.

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In this issue

Vaclav Havel: Meeting Gorbachev
Bill Bryson: Fat Girls in Des Moines
Anton Shammas: The Retreat from Galilee
Fawwaz Traboulsi: A Guide to the City of Beirut
Martha Gellhorn: The Thirties
Norman Lewis: Essex
Seamus Deane: Feet
Jeanette Winterson: Orion
Jonathan Miller: Among Chickens
Nicholas Shakespeare: In Pursuit of Guzmán
Ian Hamilton: J. D. Salinger versus Random House, Inc.
T. Coraghessan Boyle: The Miracle at Ballinspittle
Charles Nicholl: A Cock Fight
Peregrine Hodson: Crash
Gavin Young: Cricket in Samoa