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Getting into a fight with a popular senior. Pissing off a school teacher and the local chief of police. Hanging with two major-league losers. She slapped my back. Welcome to high school.
Harlan Coben
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Harlan Coben
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 4
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