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I am essentially an entertainer and a storyteller.

Bryce Courtenay

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Bryce Courtenay
Age: 79 †
Born: 1933
Born: January 1
Died: 2012
Died: November 22
Novelist
Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
Arthur Bryce Courtenay
Entertainer
Entertainers
Storyteller
Essentially

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. . . besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child.
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