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Always good to take a look at the long list for the Mann Booker, for the Commonwealth. It gives you an overview.There is so much going on all over the world that it's impossible for one person to keep up. And I can't.

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Margaret Atwood
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: November 18
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