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All I do know, for certain, after 53 years in this business, is that writers who sincerely think that their language can represent reality ought to be plumbers.
Gilbert Sorrentino
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Gilbert Sorrentino
Age: 77 †
Born: 1929
Born: April 27
Died: 2006
Died: May 18
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