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Mrs Dalloway, by Virginia WoolfRead about another PM to appear on Mullan's list.
Clarissa Dalloway is married to a Conservative MP, and when the PM arrives at her party, her triumph as a society hostess is confirmed. But some of her guests are underwhelmed. "He looked so ordinary. You might have stood him behind a counter and bought biscuits - poor chap, all rigged up in gold lace."
Quite a few readers thought Mrs. Dalloway was a model for Ian McEwan's Saturday. Were they right?
--Marshal Zeringue
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