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How ruthless and vile and hard and right the young are.

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Hal Porter
Age: 73 †
Born: 1911
Born: February 16
Died: 1984
Died: September 29
Novelist
Poet
Albert Park
Victoria
Australia
Ruthless
Youth
Young
Right
Hard
Vile

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