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What do I miss about the UK? Sadly, almost nothing. Maybe the midnight sun, in June in the north. That's all.

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Lee Child
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 29
Author
Film Actor
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Coventry
England
UK
Jim Grant
James D. Jim Grant
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North
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Sun
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Sadly
Nothing
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