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Ian Holding

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in Harare, Zimbabwe

Website

http://authors.simonandschuster.co.uk/Ian-Holdi...

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Arts & Photography

Influences

Faulkner, Camus, Satre, Kafka, Coetzee, Beckett

Member Since

May 2010

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Ian Holding was born in 1978 in Harare, Zimbabwe and has lived there all his life. His critically acclaimed first novel, "Unfeeling" was published in 2005, and was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. In 2009 he was a Hawthornden Fellow. His new book, "Of Beasts & Beings" will be published in August 2010. His passions include classical music and sport.
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Average rating: 3.24 · 332 ratings · 52 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Unfeeling 3.27 avg rating — 259 ratings — published 2005 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Of Beasts and Beings 3.06 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2010 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Happened To Us 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	What Happened to Us by Ian Holding (Goodreads Author), Peter Noble (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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