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. . . why some men choose to fill their brief allotment of time engaging the impossible, others in the manufacture of sorrow.

Erik Larson

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Erik Larson
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 1
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Journalist
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Brooklyn
New York
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Sorrow
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Evanescence
Men
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