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Lots Of Things In The Garden Are Lovely

Rupert Christiansen THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY by Frances Donaldson Weidenfeld & Nicolson, L16.95 A n atmosphere of crisis is essential to the success of......

Beneath The Surface

Anita Brookner THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES by Tom Wolfe Cape, LI2.95 T his is the modern era and nobody understands it yet', says one of the wiser characters in Tom Wolfe's......