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A God and His Gifts (1964)
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    A Grand Fugue of Interwoven Themes (Review)
    Brian Wilkie
    A God and His Gifts, by I. Compton-Burnett
    1. A God and His Gifts by I. Compton-Burnett
    Commonweal, April 17, 1964, p. 124
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    What is a Neo-Classic? (Review)
    Richard Howard
    A God and His Gifts, by I. Compton-Burnett
    1. A God and His Gifts by I. Compton-Burnett
    The Partisan Review, Winter 1965, pp. 151-153
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    Literary Horizons: Homage to a Household Deity (Review)
    Granville Hicks
    A God and His Gifts, by I. Compton-Burnett
    1. A God and His Gifts by I. Compton-Burnett
    The Saturday Review, February 1, 1964, p. 29
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    Books: Instruments (2 Reviews)
    Renata Adler
    The Golden Fruits, by Nathalie Sarraute
    1. The Golden Fruits by Nathalie Sarraute
    2. A God and His Gifts by I. Compton-Burnett
    The New Yorker, May 2, 1964, pp. 181-184
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    Rags & Riches (3 Reviews)
    P.N. Furbank
    Radcliffe, by David Storey
    1. Radcliffe by David Storey
    2. The Ragman's Daughter, and Other Stories by Alan Sillitoe
    3. A God and His Gifts by I. Compton-Burnett
    Encounter, February 1964, pp. 80-82
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    Atlantic Bookshelf (9 Reviews)
    William Barrett
    Reader's Choice
    1. A God and His Gifts by I. Compton-Burnett
    2. Reuben, Reuben by Peter De Vries
    3. A Winter's Tale by Nathaniel Benchley
    4. A Fine Madness by Elliott Baker
    5. Because I Was Flesh by Edward Dahlberg
    6. Going to Town, and Other Stories by Yuri Kazakov
    7. Anti-Kommunism in Latin America by Juan Jose Arevalo
    8. El Senor Presidente by Miguel Angel Asturias
    9. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carre
    The Atlantic Monthly, March 1964, pp. 180-186
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    Some August Fiction (19 Reviews)
    William H. Pritchard
    August, by Judith Rossner
    1. August by Judith Rossner
    2. In the Palomar Arms by Hilma Wolitzer
    3. How He Saved Her by Ellen Schwamm
    4. Beautiful Women, Ugly Scenes by C.D.B. Bryan
    5. The Unexamined Wife by Sherril Jaffe
    6. The Complete Wild Body by Wyndham Lewis
    7. Self Condemned by Wyndham Lewis
    8. Tarr by Wyndham Lewis
    9. A God and His Gifts by I. Compton-Burnett
    10. The Sleeping Beauty by Elizabeth Taylor
    11. Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor
    12. In a Summer Season by Elizabeth Taylor
    13. The Soul of Kindness by Elizabeth Taylor
    14. The Philosopher's Pupil by Iris Murdoch
    15. First Born by Caroline Thompson
    16. Cal by Bernard MacLaverty
    17. About My Table, and Other Stories by Nicholas Delbanco
    18. The Times Are Never So Bad by Andre Dubus
    19. Magnetic Field by Ron Loewinsohn
    The Hudson Review, Winter 1983, pp. 742-754