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Sir william gerald golding was a british novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his 1954 novel lord of the flies. Feb 27, 2017 welcome to this months edition of banned books where beth and i have read the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime by mark haddon. It is one of those stories, like to kill a mockingbird, that i feel everyone should. Reported, like a diary, the tantrums and tedium of family holidays unfold with alarming familiarity. Maja, the pregnant wife of the unimaginably wealthy philippe, is killed, but their daughter angelica survives. Mark haddon has been an author for more than 30 years.
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