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All writing is that structure of revelation. There's something you want to find out. If you know everything up front in the beginning, you really don't need to read further if there's nothing else to find out.

Walter Mosley

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Walter Mosley
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 12
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Walter Ellis Mosley
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