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Author of "Stig of the Dump", Clive King, dies aged 94

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Author of "Stig of the Dump", Clive King, dies aged 94

Jul 16 2018

Clive King, who has died aged 94, was the author of several children's books and is best known for Stig of the Dump, the original and imaginative fantasy story of the friendship between Barney, a boy of the modern era, with Stig, a boy from long, long ago who lives in a nearby chalk pit in a home created from things he can creatively and skilfully repurpose from waste, including a chimney from tin cans and windows from glass bottles....

Source: The Guardian

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