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Very rarely does anyone say that the TV is better than the book.

Gerald Seymour

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Gerald Seymour
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: November 25
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Guildford
Surrey
UK
Rarely
Anyone
Doe
Better
Book

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