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You can spin stories out of the ways people understand and misunderstand each other.

Ian Mcewan

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Ian Mcewan
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: June 21
Author
Film Producer
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Belfast
Ireland
People
Misunderstand
Spin
Ways
Understand
Stories
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