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What an absurdity to go and bury oneself in South America, where they are always having revolutions.

What an absurdity to go and bury oneself in South America, where they are always having revolutions.

Approximate author period: c. 1933 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Agatha Christie
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1933 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1890 to 1976; Wikidata Q35064, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35064 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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