{
  "id": 15859754,
  "title": "The books people tried to kill",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/the-books-people-tried-to-kill",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T07:17:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/lifestyle/opinion/2026-10-21-the-books-people-tried-to-kill/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Rulers have burned books for centuries, from Nazi bonfires to apartheid furnaces, yet words keep surviving because readers share them.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}