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Certainly, I Know What It's Like To Be Obsessed. I Haven't Always Been There For My Children. They Could Reach Me, But I Wasn't Always There. But, You Know, That's Not Necessarily Anything To Do With Being A Writer. I Mean, A Taxi Driver Could Have The Same Problem... Maybe.

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Certainly, I Know What It's Like To

Henning Mankell

Certainly, I Know What It's Like To Be Obsessed. I Haven't Always Been There For My Children. They Could Reach Me, But I Wasn't Always There. But, You Know, That's Not Necessarily Anything To Do With Being A Writer. I Mean, A Taxi Driver Could Have The Same Problem... Maybe.

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