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The past exudes legend: one can't make pure clay of time's mud. There is no life that can be recaptured wholly; as it was. Which is to say that all biography is ultimately fiction. - Bernard Malamud

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American novelist 1914-86

Born:26th April, 1914
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Starsign: Taurus

Author Keywords: Novelist, American

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