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Have box sets killed the novel?
How likely are you to spend 10 hours reading a book?
Now compare that with the length of time you spend binging on a box-set... probably a bit more.
Author Robert Harris says novels will always be read but he thinks the advent of slick series that are easily available have allowed TV to shove novels out of the limelight.
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