Oh for the oo tray 
William Feaver
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Delicately, like a surgeon baring a pus-filled appendix, the man behind the counter slices a catering-size salami. His customer feeds a sandwich into her mouth, careful not to smudge the lipstick. Dolled up to the nines and facing professional competition from the pair of high-heeled legs just visible through the street door, she averts her eyes and readies herself for the first bite.
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William Feaver’s Lucian Freud has just been published; Frank Auerbach is in preparation and he is working on paintings for a oneman show next year.
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