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He felt for a moment uncreated. Another kind of awake.

Colum McCann

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Colum McCann
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
Academic
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Dublin city
Moments
Another
Kind
Uncreated
Awake
Moment
Felt

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