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I'm interested in the dark side of man. I'm interested in taboos, and murder is the greatest taboo. Characters are fascinating in their extremity, not in their happiness.

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Elizabeth George
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: February 26
Author
Novelist
Writer
Warren
Ohio
Susan Elizabeth George
Character
Murder
Men
Characters
Interested
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Greatest
Taboos
Sides
Extremity
Dark
Taboo
Happiness
Fascinating

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