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The guy's life drunk, I think, makes Candide look like a sourpuss. Does he even know that death exists?

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Jandy Nelson
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: November 25
Writer
New York City
New York
Think
Exists
Thinking
Guy
Life
Death
Like
Makes
Doe
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Candide
Looks
Witty
Even
Drunk

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