The cheesecake was smooth and lush, with the personality of a warm and…

Don DeLillo
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The cheesecake was smooth and lush, with the personality of a warm and well-to-do uncle who knows a hundred dirty jokes and will die of sexual exertions in the arms of his mistress. ✨ Don DeLillo (2015). Underworld: Picador Classic, p.177, Pan Macmillan
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The cheesecake was smooth and lush, with the personality of a warm and well-to-do uncle who knows a hundred dirty jokes and will die of sexual exertions in the arms of his mistress. ✨ Don DeLillo (2015). Underworld: Picador Classic, p.177, Pan Macmillan

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