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Yes, but what about the spiders? There'll be no sheds, pelmets, crannies under stairs, no room for supercargo in the bunkers, whose conditioned air will certainly exclude flies.......

Prize-winning French Novels

Anita Brookner T he surprise — and the triumph — of the season in Paris was that the Prix Goncourt was awarded to a first novel written by a man who sells newspapers from a......