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Giles Foden

English Author

Born: 1967

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Writing about Africa by Africans has been part of my literary apprenticeship, standing alongside works by authors such as Joseph Conrad, Joyce Cary and Graham Greene as influences. Giles Foden

Writing Apprenticeship Has-Been About Part Joseph Alongside Joyce Been Authors Africa Graham African Graham Greene Influences Literary Standing Works

You can gesture at the transnational problem of Islamist terrorism all you like, but it's just hot air unless you invest in proper security on the ground in your own country, with the right safeguards to civil liberties. Giles Foden

The search for inventive ways of telling the tale of Christ's birth has been going on a long time; in a way, difference was there from the start with Luke and Matthew. Giles Foden

Time Christ Long Long Time Birth Way Ways Has-Been Telling Inventive Tale Been Matthew Going Difference Search Luke Start

I spent my childhood tinkering with electronic circuits, on breadboards, as they used to be called, in particular making radio transmitters. Giles Foden

Spent Particular Making Tinkering Childhood Used Radio Electronic

Since its beginnings, American writing has been in dialogue with other literatures. Giles Foden

Writing Other Has-Been Since Dialogue Been Beginnings American

The history of ideas is littered with the corpses of those who have tried to define culture. Giles Foden

History Culture Define Corpses Those Tried Ideas The History Of Littered Who

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