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It’s such a confidence trick, writing a novel. The main person you have to trick into confidence is yourself. This is hard to do alone.
Zadie Smith
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Zadie Smith
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: October 27
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London
England
Zadie Adeline Smith
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