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Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.

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Manuel Puig
Age: 57 †
Born: 1932
Born: December 28
Died: 1990
Died: July 22
Author
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
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Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne
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Tardiness
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Literature

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