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Sweet and vicious by david schickler, paperback barnes. David schickler is a screenwriter living in new york and is the author, most recently, of the dark path. Sweet and vicious ebook por david schickler 9780440242321. A memoir focusing on the passage from boyhood to manhood and from confusion to understanding.
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