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A lot of my characters in all of my books have a self-destructive urge. They'll do precisely the thing that they know is wrong, take a perverse delight in doing the wrong thing.
Richard Russo
Richard Russo
Richard Russo
Born: Jul 15, 1949

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Wrong Thing, Books, Characters, Delight, Take, Wrong, Self-Destructive, Know, Doing, Lot, Precisely, Urge, Perverse, Thing

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