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As soon as the seal was clear of the water, it reared up and its skin slipped down to the sand. What had been a seal was a white-skinned boy

George Mackay Brown

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George Mackay Brown
Age: 74 †
Born: 1921
Born: October 17
Died: 1996
Died: April 13
Autobiographer
Playwright
Poet
Writer
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