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There is no such joy in the tavern as upon the road thereto.

Cormac McCarthy

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Cormac McCarthy
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: July 20
Novelist
Playwright
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Providence
Rhode Island
Charles McCarthy
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Thereto
Tavern
Taverns
Road
Joy

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