20 FEBRUARY 1982, page 26

Duchess

Hugh Massingberd T here are probably enough romantic snobs, be they homosexualists, anglophile American expatriates or fan- tasising suburban ladies, to ensure a market in these......

Lessness

Duncan FaHowell Social Studies Fran Lebowitz (Sidgwick Jackson £6.50) A merican Vogue calls Fran Lebowitz the `natural successor to Dorothy Parker:. Her last book, Metropolitan......

Phoney War

Philip Warner A lthough the publishers omit to mention the fact in their description, this is partly a work of fiction. For example: "Mr Quisling?" exclaimed the King in ob-......