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Comedy was one of those genres that while appearing quite jolly was actually highly dangerous.
Jasper Fforde
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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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London
England
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Dangerous
Comedy
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Jolly
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