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I have some memories of certain things that happened in high school when I was stoned out of my mind, but I talked with other people about them, and I trusted the aggregated memories.
Gary Shteyngart
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Gary Shteyngart
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 5
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St. Petersburg
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