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Garry Disher - I grew up in a house full of books, and...
I grew up in a house full of books, and we belonged to the Country Lending Service - each month the State Library would send us a parcel of books by train. (Garry Disher)

I grew up in a house full of books, and we belonged to the Country Lending Service - each month the State Library would send us a parcel of books by train.

Garry Disher

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