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There are times, Sember, when I could believe your mother had a secret lover. Looking at you makes me wonder if it was one of my goats.

David Gemmell

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David Gemmell
Age: 57 †
Born: 1948
Born: August 1
Died: 2006
Died: July 28
Author
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London
England
David Andrew Gemmell
Ross Harding
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Mother
Goats

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