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The Spirit Is Willing . . .

D. J. Taylor MR GOLIGHTLY'S HOLIDAY by Salley Vickers Fourth Estate, £16.99, pp. 356, ISBN 0007156472 m r Golightly, the male lead of Salley Vickers' decorously written third......

. . . But The Flesh Is Weak

Harriet Waugh A HISTORY OF FACELIFTING by Duncan Fallowell Arcadia, £11.99, pp. 354, ISBN 19900850796 I 'mnot sure there's such a word as lacelifting . . When starting Duncan......