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The truth will set you free. Either that or it'll get you a punch in the nose.

Nick Hornby

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Nick Hornby
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: April 17
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Nicholas Peter John Hornby
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When even the scrupulously detached BBC is exhorting us to talk to God, you know something is going on.
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