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Article: London's novel adventures.(FEATURES)(IDEAS)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- October 10, 2002
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Byline: Kim Campbell Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
LONDON -- There's something appropriate about the fact that in the home of Shakespeare and Charles Dickens it's easier to find a book than a garden salad.
Novels and nonfiction are stocked everywhere, even in supermarkets - which is helpful when the craving for fresh produce and a bestseller coincide.
Books that are popular here are often by authors familiar to US readers - Stephen King, Tom Clancy, Danielle Steel. Even Americans who aren't airport staples, like Alice Sebold, author of "The Lovely Bones," are making the bestseller list in Britain.
A century ago, Yanks ...