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I'm only telling you on the truth, he said. If you can't stand the truth, don't ask for it.

Colum McCann

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Colum McCann
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
Academic
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Dublin city
Telling
Stand
Asks
Truth

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