The Minneapolis Tribune called it a masterpiece. Thirteen-year-old me couldn’t but agree.

AUTHOR Leon Uris, an immigrant’s determined son who made it big with the best-selling Exodus and other hugely popular novels, has died, his ex-wife said yesterday. He was 78.

Author Leon Uris, an immigrant’s determined son who made it big with the million-selling novel Exodus, has died, his ex-wife said today. He was 78.