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A Meeting Of True Minds

Anita Brookner T HE E LEMENT OF L AVISHNESS : L ETTERS OF S YLVIA T OWNSEND W ARNER AND W ILLIAM M AXWELL , 1938-1978 edited by Michael Steinman Counterpoint, £13.50, pp. 356,......

Diamonds And Other Best Friends

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