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I got my heart's desire, and there my troubles began.

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Lev Grossman
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 26
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Lexington
Massachusetts
Troubles
Began
Relationship
Trouble
Desire
Heart

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