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Back To The Old Country

Francis King DOWN BY THE RIVER by Edna O'Brien Weidenfeld, £15.99, pp. 265 I n this new novel, clearly based on a much publicised real-life case, Edna O'Brien tells the story of......

Lorenzo, The Partially Magnificent

William Scammell D. H. LAWRENCE: TRIUMPH TO EXILE, 1912-1922 by Mark Kinkead - Weekes CUP, £29.95, pp. 943 T he first great novelty of the 'Cambridge Biography' of Lawrence is......