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We Have Stood Apart Studiously

Anita Brookner AN EXPERIMENT IN LOVE by Hilary Mantel Viking, .£15, pp. 250 T he love mentioned in the title is not of the sapphic kind, although the protagonists are three......

In Search Of A Wife

Charlotte Smith THE RIDERS by Tim Winton Picador, £14.99, pp. 377 T he author's photograph on the dust- jacket of The Riders shows the back of Tim Winton's head. Like his......