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The Anatomy Of Agony

William Feaver ENDURING CREATION: ART, PAIN AND FORTITUDE by Nigel Spivey Thames & Hudson, £24.95, pp. 272, ISBN 0500237832 T here should be a special category for it, the sort......

The Good Ship Venus

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