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At a Boston signing, someone from the audience asked why I was so obsessed with furniture in my books. The question rattled around in my head. I had no idea that I was obsessed with furniture.

Jonathan Carroll

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Jonathan Carroll
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 26
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Jonathan Samuel Carroll
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