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Daylight seemed then to be the physical manifestation of common sense.

Ian Mcewan

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Ian Mcewan
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: June 21
Author
Film Producer
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Belfast
Ireland
Sense
Daylight
Manifestation
Seemed
Physical
Common

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