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A Lonely Pouter Pigeon

John Gielgud AGATE: A BIOGRAPHY by James Harding Methuen, £12.95 T he cover of this striking biography bas been most cunningly designed to introduce the reader to the......

Terror As An Everyday Affair

Anita Brookner FOUND IN THE STREET by Patricia Highsmith Heinemann, f9.95 T he sentimental Victorian title of Patri- c ia Highsmith's latest novel — her 14th, by MY reckoning,......