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Careless And Benign

Salley Vickers THE PRIORY by Dorothy Whipple Persephone, £10, pp. 536, ISBN 1903155304 T he Priory is the kind of book I really enjoy: funny, acutely observed, written in clear,......

Are They Different From Us?

Brian Masters THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE RICH by Richard Conniff Heinemann, 176.99, pp, 344 ISBN 0434009555 he wonderfully sardonic Dorothy Parker said, 'If you want to know......