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However you disguise novels, they are always biographies.
William Golding
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William Golding
Age: 81 †
Born: 1911
Born: September 19
Died: 1993
Died: June 19
Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Newquay
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William Gerald Albert Golding
Sir William Gerald Golding
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I am not a theologian or a philosopher. I am a story teller.
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My father was very musical, and music plays quite a large part in my life.
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You'll get back to where you came from.
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