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The first interviews I gave were entirely unpleasant. You have people trying to trip you up with impolite questions that have nothing to do with the books. It's simply vulgar curiosity, and I won't have it.
Patrick O'Brian
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The first interviews I gave were entirely unpleasant. You have people trying to trip you up with impolite questions that have nothing to do with the books. It's simply vulgar curiosity, and I won't have it. — Patrick O'Brian

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Patrick O'Brian was a Novelist from United Kingdom (1914–2000).

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Patrick O'Brian lived from 1914 – 2000.