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As my early drawings warned me, where humans go, lions and tidal waves follow.

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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
Author
Novelist
Writer
Norwich
Connecticut
Waves
Wave
Drawing
Early
Follow
Tidal
Humans
Warned
Drawings
Lions

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Connecticut is in my blood.
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