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Iain Banks - The news team, and Hamin, seemed well...

The news team, and Hamin, seemed well pleased. "You should have been an actor, Jernau Gurgeh,” Hamin told him.
Gurgeh assumed this was intended as a compliment. (Iain Banks)

The news team, and Hamin, seemed well pleased. "You should have been an actor, Jernau Gurgeh,” Hamin told him. Gurgeh assumed this was intended as a compliment.

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