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Reading is a very different thing than performing. In fact, one of the things I think that doesn't work in books on tape is if the person doing the reading acts too much it becomes irritating to you listening to it.
Salman Rushdie
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Salman Rushdie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
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