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Why would anyone want to open a book containing such unpleasant matters as migrating crows, an angry mob, a newspaper headline, the arrest of innocent people, the Deluxe cell, and some very strange hats.

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Lemony Snicket ist das Pseudonym eines angesehenen amerikanischen Autors. Der ist in San Francisco geboren, wurde mit mehreren Literaturpreisen ausgezeichnet und lebt in New York.

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Lemony Snicket first received his education from public schools and private tutors, and then vice versa. One of the few recipients of a lifetime Bachelors Degree, he has been hailed as a brilliant scholar, discredited as a brilliant fraud, and mistaken for a much taller man on several occasions. His researching skills are currently and devoutly concentrated on the plight of the Baudelaire orphans.

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