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I do not have a split mind. I am not different people. I am myself, the same self I have always been, the one person I can never escape.

Nathan Filer

I do not have a split mind. I am not different people. I am myself, the same self I have always been, the one person I can never escape.

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About Nathan Filer

Nathan Filer is a British writer best known for his debut novel, The Shock of the Fall. This won several major literary awards, including the Costa Book of the Year and the Betty Trask Prize. It was a Sunday Times Bestseller, and has been translated into thirty languages.