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The Colombians are good-tempered people. They are used to waiting for buses that are late, used to riding buses and trains that do not arrive.

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Paul Theroux
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: April 10
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
Medford
Massachusetts
Paul Edward Theroux
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