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Inside and out, Westley's world was ripping apart and he could do nothing but crack along with it.

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William Goldman
Age: 87 †
Born: 1931
Born: August 12
Died: 2018
Died: November 16
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Highland Park
Illinois
S. Morgenstern
Harry Longbaugh
World
Ripping
Crack
Cracks
Apart
Along
Inside
Nothing

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