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I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something.

Manuel Puig

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Manuel Puig
Age: 57 †
Born: 1932
Born: December 28
Died: 1990
Died: July 22
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Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne
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Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their work has been a waste of time.
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It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.
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My pleasure was to copy, not to create.
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I locate that special problem in a character and then try to understand it. That's the genesis of all my work.
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