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Beware the fictionist writing his own life. Even candor becomes a strategy.
Wilfrid Sheed
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Wilfrid Sheed
Age: 80 †
Born: 1930
Born: December 27
Died: 2011
Died: January 19
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London
England
Wilfrid John Joseph Sheed
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Candor
Beware
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