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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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I just focus on getting the first scene right, with a few lines about the overall plot, and then the book grows organically.
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Simple questions--and simple answers--were what we needed in life. That was what Mma Ramotswe believed. Yes.
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