1 SEPTEMBER 1990, page 32

Daisy Pulls It Off

Anita Brookner THE GATE OF ANGELS by Penelope Fitzgerald Collins, £12.95, pp. 167 T he gate in question could stand as a symbol for the novel, or for what I take the novel to be......

The Book Of Snobs

Richard Ingrams DEBRETT'S DISTINGUISHED PEOPLE OF TODAY edited by Patricia Ellis Debrett, £72.50, pp.2,039 I t is hard to see any point in this large and expensive book except......