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Patter, Patter, Patter

February 8, 2008 by Mark Athitakis, posted in James Patterson

The Guardian notes that James Patterson is now the most-borrowed author in British libraries. Clearly Patterson’s war of attrition is working: according to the latest issue of Publishers Weekly, the man has five books, most of them co-authored, coming out between now and July.

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