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The key to thrillers is vicarious pleasure.

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
Vicarious
Thrillers
Keys
Pleasure

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