Giles Playfair

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  1. Is the Death Penalty Necessary?

    Why does a state insist on maintaining a capital punishment statute which it repeatedly refuses to enforce? For an answer, we turn to GILES PLAYFAIR, a free-lance writer and a London barrister who has studied firsthand the penological systems of the United States, England, and other countries, and who, with Derrick Sington, is coauthor of The Offenders, which Simon & Schuster will publish in late October.

  2. The Lilliputs

    GILES PLAYFAIR divides his time between London and the United States, with occasional excursions to the Continent. He hare published several of his travel articles, and he note sends this account of his trip to the four smallest states in Europe.

  3. London Restaurants

    GILES PLAYFAIR, who divides his time between England and the United States, is the author of a biography of Edmund Kean and of Singapore Goes Off the Air, an account of his war experiences as production director of the Malaya Broadcasting Corporation.

  4. A Cook Is Born

    GILES PLAYFAIR is the Accent on Living author who likes singing commercials but who is never quite able to catch the name of the product they advertise (December Atlantic). A former London barrister, he is now living in New Canaan, Connecticut.

  5. Smoke Without Fire

    GILES PLAYFAIR is a former London barrister now living in New Canaan, Connecticut. He is the author of a biography of Edmund Kean and of Singapore Goes Off the Air, an account of his war experiences as Productions Director of the Malaya Broadcasting Corporation.

  6. It's Delicious--Yum! Yum! Yum!

    GILES PLAYFAIR is a former London barrister now living in New Canaan, Connecticut. He is the author of a biography of Edmund Kean and Singapore Goes Off the Air, an account of his war experiences as Productions Director of the Malaya Broadcasting Corporation.