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The Jewel In His Crown

Anthony Powell PAUL SCOTT: A LIFE by Hilary Spurling Hutchinson, £18.99, pp.438 PAUL SCOTT'S RAJ by Robin Moore Heinemann, .£18.5D, pp.246 P aul Scott's reputation as a novelist......

The Different Ages Of Women

Anita Brookner FRIEND OF MY YOUTH by Alice Munro Chatto & Windus, £13.99, pp. 273. A lice Munro made a legitimate con- quest with her first collection of stories, Dance of the......