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Book review: The Gilded Chalet: Off-piste in literary Switzerland

WHAT is Switzerland actually for? It is where the self proclaimers gather and gorge themselves while hob-nobbing with Bono while Davos plays host to a battalion of bankers and politicians.

Book review: The Gilded Chalet: Off-piste in literary Switzerland

Sat, 05 Mar, 2016 - 00:00

Review Andrew Melsom

Padraig Rooney

Nicholas Brealey, £20

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