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This Above All, To Thine Own Selves Be True

Marie-Alice de Beaumarchais A DOUBLE LIFE by Frederic Raphael Orion, £14.99, pp. 374 G uy de Roumegouse, the hero of this novel, is a Protestant of hobereau extrac- tion. A......

Seven Of The Brightest And Best?

Ross Clark A couple of years ago the task of read- ing seven first novels would have been about as enjoyable as eating seven bags of dry flour. But to judge by this collection......