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Faith And The Cinema

Anita Brookner IN THE BEAUTY OF THE LILIES by John Updike Hamish Hamilton, £16, pp. 491 U pdike re-invents himself, or perhaps it is age that re-invents him. In this impressive......

A Tale Told By An Accountant

Charles Maclean THE SETT by Ranulph Fiennes Heinemann, £15.99, pp. 502 o r years I believed that Sir Ranulph Fiennes, 'the world's greatest living explor- er', was a fictional......