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Literary Discourse: Popular fiction today, acclaimed classics tomorrow!

By Silas Nyanchwani

If you asked a university graduate to name at least five Literature Nobel Laureates, you will put them in an uncomfortable position. They will scratch their heads. They will crack their brains and with luck, fish one. But if you asked them to name at least ten popular fiction authors, names such as Norah Roberts, Sidney Sheldon, Robert Ludlum, John le Carre`, Jeffrey Archer will spring up without breaking a sweat. 

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