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A DARK MATTER is a page-turning thriller of every sort: psychological, sociological, epistemological . Plus, it's really scary.

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Lorrie Moore
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: January 13
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Novelist
Writer
Glens Falls
New York
Really
Psychological
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Scary
Epistemological
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Sociological
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