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If your face is swollen from the severe beatings of life, smile and pretend to be a fat man.

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Chris Cleave
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: May 14
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
London
England
Fats
Pretend
Smile
Face
Faces
Men
Beatings
Life
Swollen
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