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Does the devil ever struggle to be good again, or if so is he not a devil?

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Good
Devil
Struggle
Doe
Ever

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