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Circle of Friends

Maeve Binchy. Dell Publishing Company, $7.99 (608pp) ISBN 978-0-440-21126-6

Loyal friends Benny and Eve, young women who grew up together in an Irish village, find their relationship tested by the new friendships, romances and opportunities that develop at a Dublin university. According to PW , Binchy's characters have ``a colorful way with words, and if the prose is sometimes careless, this is still Irish storytelling at its contemporary best.'' (Nov.)