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...I made some more threats. I've got this big knife back here. He poked his thumb over his shoulder. It attracts a lot of attention sometimes.

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David Eddings
Age: 77 †
Born: 1931
Born: July 7
Died: 2009
Died: June 2
Novelist
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Spokane
Washington
David Carroll Eddings
Attention
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Thumbs
Back
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Shoulder
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