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Mortified at the speed with which intimacy evaporates.

David Nicholls

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David Nicholls
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: November 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Eastleigh Town
Mortified
Evaporates
Intimacy
Speed

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