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...he went into the sitting room, put on a Duke Ellington record he had bought after seeing Gene Hackman sitting on the overnight bus in The Conversation to the sound of some fragile piano notes that were the loneliest Harry had ever heard.

...he went into the sitting room, put on a Duke Ellington record he had bought after seeing Gene Hackman sitting on the overnight bus in The Conversation to the sound of some fragile piano notes that were the loneliest Harry had ever heard.

Approximate author period: c. 1997 AD · modern

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Jo Nesbø
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Approximate author period: c. 1997 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Jo Nesbø: documented activity in 1997. Wikidata Q202693, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202693 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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