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Flight Of The Enchanter

Raymond Carr IRIS AND THE FRIENDS by John Bayley Duckworth, £16.95, pp. 200 T his book has a misleading title. It is not primarily about Iris Murdoch, the pop- ular novelist,......

The Ghosts Of Trees

Jane Gardam THE HAUNT by A. L. Barker Virago, £16.99, pp. 185 T he Haunt is the novel that A. L. Barker had just finished, over a year ago, when she was struck down by a......