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I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well.

Lee Child

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Lee Child
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 29
Author
Film Actor
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Coventry
England
UK
Jim Grant
James D. Jim Grant
Grew
Wells
Well
Made
Things
Birmingham
Useful

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