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He seemed wild and dangerous and carefree--well, he would, would'nt he? What were motorcycles and black leather pants if not the uniform of a wild, dangerous and carefree man?

Marian Keyes

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Marian Keyes
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: September 10
Novelist
Poet Lawyer
Writer
Limerick City
Would
Uniforms
Men
Pants
Wild
Seemed
Motorcycles
Dangerous
Carefree
Black
Motorcycle
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Leather

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