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she was beautiful and seemingly quite intelligent, what with her pentameter search system. There wasn't a reason in the world not to find her appealing.

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Haruki Murakami
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 12
Athletics Competitor
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Novelist
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
Translator
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Kyōto
Murakami Haruki
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