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This is the first foray into adult fiction for Silver, a British former actor and mental health nurse best known for his hit YA books including dystopian novel Happyhead and its sequel, Dead Happy.
From BBC
The Journal has spoken with six of Kwatra’s current and former clients, who allege Kwatra’s mismanagement of their purchases and returns cost them thousands of dollars.
“We don’t want to wait for them to get stronger to attack us,” said Amir Avivi, a former senior defense official close to the current government.
Maybe, as the Americans who just took over his former employer like to say, there is no other choice.
The former is purely fictional and latter is based on a real figure, but both are historical epics on a grand scale that belies their modest budgets.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
