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No lies, no half-truths: a writer's cup of bitterness runs over (1972-10-09)

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1972-10-09
The Times

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"No lies, no half-truths: a writer's cup of bitterness runs over", The Times, 09 Oct 1972, p. X The Times Digital Archive, https://link-gale-com.libproxy.unl.edu/apps/doc/CS570652489/GDCS?u=linc74325&sid=GDCS&xid=39d0d0c5. Accessed 29 Jun 2019

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The article writes on Wole Soyinka's new book, A Man Died, which was "based on his experiences in and out of prison during the civil war [in Nigeria], and which seems certain to cause General Gowon's Government grave embarassment."

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