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He was looking at her with amused suspicion. There was something between them, and even she had to acknowledge that a tame remark about the weather sounded perverse.

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Ian Mcewan
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: June 21
Author
Film Producer
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Belfast
Ireland
Even
Tame
Something
Amused
Sounded
Remarks
Suspicion
Acknowledge
Weather
Remark
Looking
Perverse

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