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Hilary Mantel's second Booker winner is just the latest in a brilliant catalogue | Booker prize | The Guardian
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'I'm against parallels': Hilary Mantel is wary of drawing shallow links with the past | Hilary Mantel | The Guardian
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Hilary Mantel always looks so uber-cosy it is like finding out George Orwell did not actually like pigs | As seen by Catherine Bennett | The Guardian
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Hilary Mantel leads successful night for British writers at US book awards | Hilary Mantel | The Guardian
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We've lost a genius': authors and politicians pay tribute to Hilary Mantel | Hilary Mantel | The Guardian
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The pen is in our hands. A happy ending is ours to write': Hilary Mantel in her own words | Books | The Guardian
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