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Also Known As Brigid Antonia Brophy
Born June 12, 1929 • London • England
Died August 7, 1995 (aged 66) • London • England
Notable Works “Black Ship to Hell” • “Fifty Works of English and American Literature We Could Do Without” • “Hackenfeller’s Ape”
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Arthur Koestler
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Lawrence Durrell, 1968.
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P.D. James
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