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I am atheist in a very religious mould. I'm always asking myself the big questions. Where did we come from? Is there a meaning to all of this? I read the King James Bible, as all English writers should. And when I find myself in church, I edit the hymns as I sing them.

Mark Haddon

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Mark Haddon
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 28
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