Any man who outgrows the myths of childhood is ninety-nine percent aware and convinced of his own mortality. But then comes the chilly breath on the nape of the neck, a stirring of the air by the wings of the bleak angel. When a man becomes one hundred percent certain of his inevitable death, he gets The Look.
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John D. MacDonald was a 20th-century American writer. John Dann MacDonald was an American writer of novels and short stories. He is known for his thrillers. Read more on Wikipedia →

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