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I tend to follow a scattershot approach to reading a lot of very diverse subjects interest me, and I'm quite happy to read stuff on any of them.

Vikram Seth

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Vikram Seth
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 20
Librettist
Novelist
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Calcutta
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I want my books to sell, to be read. I'm not interested in being obscure.
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Boredom provides a stronger inclination to write than anything.
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