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He would work through the night and sleep until lunch. There wasn't really much else to do. Make something, and die.

He would work through the night and sleep until lunch. There wasn't really much else to do. Make something, and die.

Approximate author period: c. 1948 AD · modern

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Ian McEwan
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Approximate author period: c. 1948 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1948; activity date not established; Wikidata Q190379, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190379 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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