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  <name><![CDATA[Richard Mason]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[&lt;i&gt;Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/44217.Master_List_of_Author_Disambiguation_by_Spaces&quot;&gt;See this thread for more information.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/i&gt; 

Richard Mason (born 1977) is an English novelist.

Born in Johannesburg, in South Africa, he was ten years old when he moved to England with his parents. He was educated at Eton and New College Oxford. His first novel, The Drowning People, was published during his first year at Oxford, and has since been translated into 22 languages.

He set up the Kay Mason Foundation, in memory of his sister, who died when he was a child. The aim of the foundation is to make the best education available for young people in South Africa.The foundation has the patronage of Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu.]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Johannesburg</hometown>      
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Drowning People]]></title>
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  <average_rating>3.73</average_rating>
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  <published>1999</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Natural Elements]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Richard Mason]]></name>
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  <published>2009</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Us]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Richard Mason]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.38</average_rating>
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  <published>2004</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Lighted Rooms]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Richard Mason]]></name>
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  <average_rating>2.00</average_rating>
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  <published>2008</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Wind Cannot Read]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Richard Mason]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <published>1976</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Noi]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Richard Mason]]></name>
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