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Jellicles, Gumbies And Others

Doris Lessing THE NINE EMOTIONAL LIVES OF CATS by Jeffrey Masson Cape, £16.99, pp. 264, ISBN 0345448820 h e cat books I like least generalise: All cats are proud ... selfish .........

The Long, Hopeful Journey With Many Changes

Gabriele Annan SLIPSTREAM: A MEMOIR by Elizabeth Jane Howard Macmillan, £20, pp. 493, ISBN 0333903498 A s a book reviewer for Queen magazine, Elizabeth Jane Howard worked on the......