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Just Looking For A Place In The Sun

Anita Brookner THE OTHER GARDEN by Francis Wyndham Cape, f9.95 41 f there is one thing I cannot abide', says Sybil Demarest, 'it is shoddy work- manship. What is more, I refuse......

Books

Sacred and profane monster Paul Johnson SARTRE: A LIFE by Annie Cohen-Solal Heinemann, f17.95 W riting Sartre's life is not easy be- cause he was hyperactive, prolific and......