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The Cat-lover Who Walked By Himself

Francis King BAUMGARTNER'S BOMBAY by Anita Desai Heinemann, f10.95, pp. 240 1111111■Nr H aving survived six years (surely it would not have been so many?) of intern- ment as an......

Was Lord Goodman In The Bath?

Edward St Aubyn TO THE GOAT by Peter Levi Hutchinson, f8.95, pp. 85 W hatever happened to the old- fashioned amateur? He is here, he is the author of To the Goat: ex-priest,......