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Hoary Sins

Caroline Moorehead Crown Jewel Ralph de Boissiere (Allison & Busby pp.361, £6.96). A Start in Life Anita Brookner (Jonathan Cape pp.176, £5.95). Zig Zag Richard Thornley......

. . .or Worse

A. N. Wilson Marital Rites Margaret Forster (Seeker & Warburg pp.183, £6.95) Anna Osgood, the heroine of Margaret Forster's charming new novel, 'liked marriage . . . Being......