12 SEPTEMBER 1987, page 37
Making A False Impression
Francis King CHATTERTON by Peter Ackroyd Hamish Hamilton, £10.95 B oth in its theme of the past being like a corpse which, if exhumed, can infect the present with its miasma,......
The New Highway Song
A bit windy, but then the sun was warm; And since he seemed to sleep too much (No one had come to provide stimulation), We dressed my father-in-law, too out of touch To lend us......
Where Be Your Gibes Now?
Victoria Glendinning THE LATE MRS DOROTHY PARKER by Leslie Frewin Sidgwick & Jackson, L14.95 D orothy Parker was 'America's wit- tiest woman'. Here is an example of her wit.......
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