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About John Lanchester
British journalist and novelist
John Henry Lanchester is a British journalist and novelist. His reviews appear frequently in the London Review of Books. He is known for writing journalism and fiction, with book reviews as a regular part of his work. The available facts place him chiefly as a contemporary British writer whose name is closely associated with criticism and literary journalism.
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- “Wisdom comes from knowing the order of things...and you are the first order of your business.”Elaine Marolakos Edelson
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Books by John Lanchester
The Debt to Pleasure
1996
Capital
2012