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I'm on the verge of a total breakdown. Sciatica. Taxes. Cars. Fleas, possibly. It's an absurd existence.

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Jonathan Ames
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 23
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Essayist
Novelist
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New York City
New York
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Breakdown
Cars
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Sciatica
Taxes
Fleas

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