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Writing is the only trade I know of in which sniveling confessions of extreme incompetence are taken as credentials probative of powers to astound the multitude.

George V. Higgins

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George V. Higgins
Age: 59 †
Born: 1939
Born: November 13
Died: 1999
Died: November 6
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Journalist
Lawyer
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University Teacher
Writer
North Bridgewater
Massachusetts
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