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China Daily | Updated: 2010-10-12 07:57
Struggling writer, 70, sells house to publish own novel
A 70-year-old struggling author from Qiqihar, Heilongjiang province, went to the extent of selling his house to self-publish his novel and travel the length and breadth of the country to promote his work.
Wang Zhuguo spent 30 years to complete his 450,000-character fictitious novel on geological explorations.
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