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A pity to survive night flights over St. Georges Channel only to crack my skull falling from a ladder.

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Eoin Colfer
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: May 14
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Wexford
Fall
Ladders
Night
Channel
Crack
Cracks
Georges
Flight
Flights
Falling
Skull
Survive
Skulls
Pity
Ladder

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