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How should I know why! I didn't invent human beings, Iggy.

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Saul Bellow
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 10
Died: 2005
Died: April 5
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Essayist
Novelist
University Teacher
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Solomon Bellows
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Beings
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Human
Humans
Iggy

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