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As yet we use our media only for selling things - including, of course, political candidates. What will happen when someone masters the art of selling souls?

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Erica Jong
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 26
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Feminist
Novelist
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Writer
New York City
New York
Erica Mann Jong
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