Did Jeffrey Archer ever write a good novel?
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The death of Jeffrey Archer unleashed a tsunami of bonhomie. Colder assessments, principally those inspired by Michael Crick’s research, were swamped away. He was, the general verdict decreed, a really good chap, if a bit of a rascal on the side. But what should really be inscribed on Archer’s tombstone? Queen Camilla’s instant, one-word tribute, “irrepressible” would serve. Until any truth-telling biography comes out, we can acknowledge that he was a crook and a conman,…
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