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We are all tempted, Mma. We are all tempted when it comes to cake.

Alexander McCall Smith

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Alexander McCall Smith
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: August 24
Novelist
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Writer
Alexander Sandy McCall Smith
Mma
Tempted
Cake
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