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Discovered W. Somerset Maugham in about 5th grade. Didn't understand the plots, but loved the descriptions.
W. P. Kinsella
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W. P. Kinsella
Age: 81 †
Born: 1935
Born: May 25
Died: 2016
Died: September 16
Novelist
Scrabble Player
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Edmonton
Alberta
William Patrick Kinsella
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Somerset
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Maugham
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