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“He was a friend to friendship itself and never expected people to be better than they were.”

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Andrew O'Hagan is an accomplished Irish novelist born in 1968. His works are renowned for their profound emotional depth and unique narrative style, exploring themes of personal identity, moral dilemmas, and the essence of human existence in modern society. more

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