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RIP Chinua Achebe

Da Shins Kelly · 2013-03-22 12:25:29

African novelist, probably best known for his excellent novel Things Fall Apart, has died this morning in Boston aged 82. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/mar/22/novelist-chinua-achebe-dies

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22-03-2013 1:25pm

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Da Shins Kelly

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African novelist, probably best known for his excellent novel Things Fall Apart, has died this morning in Boston aged 82.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/mar/22/novelist-chinua-achebe-dies

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#2 24-03-2013 12:52pm
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How strange, I searched his name because I finished reading Things Fall Apart the other day and wanted to see what people were saying about it. Great book, will definitely check out more of his stuff. RIP.

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#3 24-03-2013 5:57pm
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RIP - A great writer.

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