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Prize-winning Novels From France

Anita Brookner S ince French literary prizes are won by writers for the benefit of publishers, it is interesting to note that the great trium- virate of Gallimard, Grasset, and......

Rootless, Cultured, Worldly, Idle

Fiona Maddocks THE COSMOPOLITES by Harry Brewster Michael Russell, f20, pp. 338 A favourite character in this book is a neo-Christian called Beryl. She only says two words......