John Noone (born 1936) is a British writer. He was born in

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, into a family of mixed

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heritage. He graduated from

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. He served in the

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as part of his

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, and returned to Egypt in 1961 to teach at Alexandria University. Since then, he has lived and worked in Libya, Japan and France. His first novel ''The Man with the Chocolate Egg'' won the

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in 1967. His second novel ''The Night of Accomplishment'' was also well-received. His short stories have been collected in the volume ''Like As Not''. He is known for two other specialist works: ''The Man Behind the Iron Mask'' (first published in 1988 and revised several times since), and ''Turtle Tortoise, Image and Symbol''.

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