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He was, after all, the ultimate rebel -- it takes a lot of cojones to stand up to Zeus.

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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Stand
Takes
Cojones
Zeus
Rebel
Ultimate

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