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The suspense of a novel is not only in the reader, but in the novelist, who is intensely curious about what will happen to the hero.
Mary McCarthy
Mary McCarthy
Born: Jun 21, 1912
Died: Oct 25, 1989

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Hero, Will, About, Only, Reader, Curious, Intensely, Suspense, Happen, Who, Novel, Novelist

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