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Arguing with a dead man in a lavatory is a claustrophobic experience.

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Ian Mcewan
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: June 21
Author
Film Producer
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Belfast
Ireland
Lavatory
Claustrophobic
Arguing
Dead
Experience
Men

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