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If she does have a failing, and it's obviously only a tiny one, it's that she doesn't seem particularly curious about other people, or me, anyway.

David Nicholls

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David Nicholls
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: November 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Eastleigh Town
Doe
Curious
People
Obviously
Particularly
Tiny
Failing
Seem
Doesn
Seems
Anyway

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