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Ghost writing 'iffy and unethical'

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What's the difference between a writer and a ghost writer? With the recent release of two films, Roman Polanski's The Ghost and French film L'Autre Dumas, ghost-writing has taken centre stage.

Ghostwriter Andrew Crofts, and the professor of modern literature at University College London, John Sutherland, examines the role of ghost-writing in the literary world.

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