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In America, people of a certain age ask, 'Where were you when Kennedy was shot?' In my house you were more likely to be asked, 'Where were you when you first read 'The Catcher In The Rye?
Marisha Pessl
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Marisha Pessl
Age: 46
Born: 1977
Born: October 26
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