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Koest·ler  audio  (kstlr, ks-) KEY , Arthur 1905-1983.

Hungarian-born British writer whose novel Darkness at Noon (1941) portrays his disillusionment with Communism. His other works include The Sleepwalkers (1959) and The Ghost in the Machine (1967).



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