I also read modern novels - I have just had to read 60 as I am one of the judges for the Orange Fiction Prize.
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Nationality: British Type: Journalist Born: September 19, 1945 |
Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: 'It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.