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I'm not the consolation prize, Dex. I'm not something you resort to. I happen to think I'm worth more than that.

David Nicholls

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David Nicholls
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: November 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Eastleigh Town
Thinking
Resorts
Consolation
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