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You can tell a lot from a person's nails. When a life starts to unravel, they're among the first to go.

Ian Mcewan

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Ian Mcewan
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: June 21
Author
Film Producer
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Belfast
Ireland
First
Nails
Life
Depression
Starts
Among
Tell
Persons
Person
Firsts
Unravel

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