Jake Sansom

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Jake Sansom

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A Clash of Kings

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A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)

by George R.R. Martin

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by Irvine Welsh

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A Northern Wind: Britain 1962-65

by David Kynaston

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Jake’s Quotes

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“It's easy tae be philosophical when some other cunt's got shite fir blood.”
― Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting

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