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One situation – maybe one alone – could drive me to murder: family life, togetherness.

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Patricia Highsmith
Age: 74 †
Born: 1921
Born: January 19
Died: 1995
Died: February 4
Comics Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Fort Worth
Texas
Mary Patricia Plangman
Claire Morgan
Drive
Alone
Maybe
Situation
Family
Life
Togetherness
Murder

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