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“as he reads the articles he talks about the writers, most of whom he knows from his days as a fighter, and he calls the ones he doesn’t agree with names like feckhead, grasshole or kicksucker.” quote by James Frey — Download Open image

““as he reads the articles he talks about the writers, most of whom he knows from his days as a fighter, and he calls the ones he doesn’t agree with names like feckhead, grasshole or kicksucker.””

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