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Kevin was a shell game in which all three cups were empty.

Lionel Shriver

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Lionel Shriver
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Gastonia
North Carolina
Margaret Ann Shriver
Margaret Shriver
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Three
Kevin
Shell
Shells
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Empty

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