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Do you realise that people die of boredom in London suburbs? It's the second biggest cause of death amongs the English in general. Sheer boredom...
Alexander McCall Smith
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Alexander McCall Smith
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: August 24
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Alexander Sandy McCall Smith
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Some of my characters are a mixture of various aspects of people I have met. others are pure invention.
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I would certainly never consider myself a Renaissance Man I'm not fit to look at the dust from the chariot wheels of many of those who have gone before me.
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I'm very interested in tea. I wouldn't mind being involved in some aspect of the tea industry.
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Oh I love gadgets and I pride myself on keeping at the cutting edge of technology.
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