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The Echoing Grove by Rosamond Lehmann (Virago, $15). The masterpiece of a writer who deserves a much wider international reputation than she has. A seemingly conventional love triangle made dizzying by labyrinthine narrative tactics and an overwhelming attention to physical and emotional detail.
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