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It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. And the kind of will people have to survive, year after year, dealing with that stuff, is weirdly impressive.

Jon McGregor

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Jon McGregor
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: January 1
Novelist
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Somers Isles
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Screwed

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