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F. Scott Fitzgerald's Worry List; 'Wolf Hall' Sequel Coming in May
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On the Whole, Bill O'Reilly Thinks He's a Pretty Good Historian
Today in publishing and literature: the 2009 Man Booker winner is getting a sequel, Quentin Rowan explains his plagiarized spy novel, and Bill O'Reilly says his Killing Lincoln only has two major historical inaccuracies.
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