Do you have secret information from otherworldly beings which will
transform our understanding of almost everything? Whitley Streiber, author of
The Secret School: Preparation for Contact, knows the feeling. But for all its
245 pages, the book, alas, is pure tosh. For this kind of adolescent fantasy,
transformed into something more interesting, try Carlos Castenada. Published by
Simon & Schuster (shame on them), £15.99, ISBN 0684819325.
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