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I've often thought that my scruples about stealing books were the only thing that stood in the way of my being a really great scholar.

Malcolm Bradbury

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Malcolm Bradbury
Age: 68 †
Born: 1932
Born: September 7
Died: 2000
Died: November 28
Author
Literary Critic
Novelist
Satirist
Screenwriter
Teacher
University Teacher
Writer
Sheffield
England
Sir Malcolm Stanley Bradbury
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