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Ray bradbury is one of few authors with the magic to pull it off. Among his most popular adult books were fahrenheit 451, the martian chronicles, the illustrated man, dandelion wine, and death is a lonely business. The main characters of this fiction, classics story are douglas spaulding, tom spaulding. With the rituals of the dandelion wine and new shoes now over, the next ritual occurred on the third day of summer.
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