I think the reason working-... by Len Deighton, a British Historian

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“I think the reason working-class people don't write books is because they are encouraged to believe that only certain people are permitted to write books.”

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Name: Len Deighton

Nationality: British

Date of Birth: Feb 18, 1929

Profession: Historian

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