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There's a perception that novels can't usually allow for your kind of absolute attention to detail.

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Zadie Smith
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 27
Essayist
Novelist
Writer
London
England
Zadie Adeline Smith
Absolute
Details
Perception
Allow
Usually
Novel
Detail
Attention
Novels
Kind
Absolutes

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