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When I was on the bestseller list with the first book, everyone who knows me knows that every week it continued to be on the list was a very dark week for me. Everyone knows that all I wanted was to be off that list.
Dave Eggers
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Dave Eggers
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: March 12
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