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Pretend to be mad and talk a lot. Then — and this is the important bit — do nothing at all until you absolutely have to and then make sure everyone dies.

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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Make
Absolutely
Bits
Sure
Talk
Dies
Everyone
Nothing
Pretend
Important
Mad

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