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He had a bright, reckless tenor that was always wandering off, looking for notes in the wrong places.

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
Wander
Bright
Notes
Places
Looking
Tenor
Wrong
Tenors
Always
Wandering
Reckless

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