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Prize-winning Novels From France

Anita Brookner E xceptionally, the three major publish- ers were unrepresented in this year's French prizes, the honours going to Albin Michel, Le Cherche-Midi, and. Editions de......

A Selection Of Recent Paperbacks

Fiction: The Drowning Room by Michael Pye, Granta, £6.99 Goldengrove Unleaving by Jill Paton Walsh, Black Swan, £6.99 A Child Possessed by R. C. Hutchinson, Allison & Busby,......