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From: Evening Times
Date: 20040812
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CRIME writer Louise Welsh describes Christopher Marlowe, the hero of her latest novel, Tamburlaine Must Die, as "almost like a punk rocker" - which will be a surprise to most fans of the poet and playwright who was Shakespeare's contemporary.

Her novel charts the last days of Marlowe, offering an explanation of the 400-year-old mystery that surrounds his death.

"I have always admired Marlowe. He is almost like a punk rocker. He died young - he was only 29 - and for me he is like Kurt Cobain or Sid Vicious: his energy, the blasphemy and his ability to stand up to authority. I think there was ...

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