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His characters are ravaged, beaten. They walk through infernos and emerged charred doves.

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Marisha Pessl
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 26
Writer
Clarkston
Michigan
Inferno
Emerged
Dove
Beaten
Characters
Walk
Charred
Walks
Ravaged
Character
Doves

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