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I'm the fortieth ugliest man in this bar. But so what! So what!... Isn't this how people used to fall in love?

Gary Shteyngart

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Gary Shteyngart
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 5
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
St. Petersburg
Men
Love
People
Fortieth
Ugliest
Bars
Fall
Used

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