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Alias Doris

Neasa MacErlean The Diaries of Jane Somers Doris Lessing (Michael Joseph £9.95) 'The Diary of a Good Neighbour is a I quite remarkable novel that will con- tinue to haunt you......

How It Happens

Gillian Greenwood Machine Dreams Jayne Ann Phillips (Faber £8.95) I n 1979, Jayne Anne Phillips, a young American writer, produced a collection of short stories, Black Tickets.......