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He knew all the answers. Everybody did. Everybody knew everything and everybody knew all the answers. It was just that the enemy seemed to know better ones.

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Iain Banks
Age: 59 †
Born: 1954
Born: February 16
Died: 2013
Died: June 9
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Novelist
Philosopher
Science Fiction Writer
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Iain M. Banks
Iain Menzies Banks
Knew
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Everybody
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Everything
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