Forsyth on Biafra

[rich]

i think John Lennon returned his OBE because of the war in Biafra

On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 7:25 AM Kai Frederik Lorentzen <lorentzen at hotmail.de>
wrote:

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> https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/21/buried-50-years-britain-shamesful-role-biafran-war-frederick-forsyth
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> + ... "DEAR TOM GUINZBURG WHEREVER YOU ARE, I THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIKE TO
> KNOW I'M NUMBER EIGHT AND MY FRIEND FREDDIE IS NUMBER TWO."/ Pynchon was
> referring to the fact that Frederick Forsyth's second thriller, THE
> ODESSA FILE, was No. 2 on the NEW YORK TIMES bestseller list and
> GRAVITY'S RAINBOW was No. 8 ... +
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> https://books.google.de/books?id=btgXCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT127&lpg=PT127&dq=frederick+forsyth+pynchon&source=bl&ots=XzztUaCr-x&sig=ACfU3U2w-d_zdetjCnDUBZyOPsvwhe1IvA&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiB9fPp0ZTnAhVS4aQKHZaLBZQQ6AEwAnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=frederick%20forsyth%20pynchon&f=false
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