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How many people want to read about three disreputable pigs and a dopey wolf with a disposition towards house demolition?

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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Read
House
Disreputable
Three
Dopey
Many
Demolition
People
Wolf
Pigs
Disposition
Towards

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I have the death sentence in seven genres.
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You many have noticed I have a temper ... but when I calmed down, I realized that this world, blighted and imperfect as it is, would be better with you in it.
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The best plans are always the simplest.
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The safest course was actually the simplest-do nothing at all and hope everything turned out for the best. It wasn't a great plan, but it had the benefits of simplicity and a long tradition.
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