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Or maybe I'd do what I always do - hang out and see what develops. Fatalist to the core.

Dennis Lehane

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Dennis Lehane
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: August 4
Author
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Screenwriter
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Dorchester
Massachusetts
Develops
Hang
Core
Maybe
Always
Fatalist

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