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Nothing in the last few years has dazzled me more than Hilary Mantel's 'Wolf Hall,' which blew the top of my head straight off. I've read it three times, and I'm still trying to figure out how she put that magnificent thing together.

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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
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Waterbury
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