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A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional truth rather than arguments.

Joyce Cary

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Joyce Cary
Age: 68 †
Born: 1888
Born: December 7
Died: 1957
Died: March 29
Novelist
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Derry
Northern Ireland
Joyce Lunel Cary
Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary
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Experience
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