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I have my own dying empire to contend with, and I do not wish for any other.

Gary Shteyngart

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Gary Shteyngart
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 5
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
St. Petersburg
Empire
Empires
Dying
Wish
Contend

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