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A Fusion Of Books And Boys

David Hughes JOHN LEHMANN by Adrian Wright Duckworth, £.20, pp. 308 T o the irritation of my parents, who in 1947 thought their teenage son well enough turned out in utility......

Good, Bad And Ugly

Jane Ridley GEORGE ELIOT: THE LAST VICTORIAN by Kathryn Hughes Fourth Estate, £20, pp. 384 G eorge Eliot's reputation as a writer has never stood higher, but she lacks a......