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    Not Quite
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    Not Quite

    By F.T. Spurling

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    "Not Quite" is the first poetry collection by F.T. Spurling.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooks on Demand
    Release dateMay 28, 2018
    ISBN9783752819243
    Not Quite
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    F.T. Spurling

    F.T. Spurling is Irish, Canadian. His poetry has been published in Australia, Derry and Germany. He has lived in Berlin since 2011, where he has tried to live a quiet life.

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