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Strangers talking over piles of books do not remain strangers for long.

Matthew Pearl

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Matthew Pearl
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 2
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
New York City
New York
Stranger
Remain
Books
Talking
Book
Long
Piles
Strangers

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