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When I was 20 I was immensely proud of the rows of grey-spined Penguin Modern Classics in my bookcase.

Linda Grant

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Linda Grant
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: February 15
Columnist
Journalist
Novelist
Opinion Journalist
Writer
City of Liverpool
Modern
Bookcases
Penguin
Penguins
Rows
Immensely
Classics
Grey
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Bookcase

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