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A dead afternoon in a dark bar was not the worst of fates.

Don DeLillo

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Don DeLillo
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: November 20
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Don Delillo
Donald Richard DeLillo
Fates
Afternoon
Bars
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Dead
Worst
Dark

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