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The coffee arrives, and we backslide into what lawyers do best---talking about other lawyers.

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John Grisham
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 8
Actor
Film Producer
Lawyer
Missionary
Novelist
Politician
Screenwriter
Television Producer
Writer
Jonesboro
Arkansas
John Ray Grisham
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John Ray Grisham Jr
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Coffee
Talking
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Backslide
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