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And sure enough, in seeking to become superhuman this foolhardy young man renders himself inhuman. The heart that he has locked away slowly shrivels and grows hair, symbolising his own descent to beasthood.

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J. K. Rowling
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: July 31
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Yate
Gloucestershire
Joanne Jo Murray
Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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Robert Galbraith
Joanne Rowling
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Heart
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Men
Hair
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Descent
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