You do not have to believe in the death of the author to know that, when transferring novels to films, the one character who is almost never successfully cast is the writer.

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None can possess creativity in the sense this learned author would believe, this has to be inborn by Godly gift to an individual.

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But they believe the child they have in custody is the author of a letter to the local Kobe Shimbun, which included details of Hase's killing that were unknown to the public.

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