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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967
Philip Larkin: Librarian
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Correct.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kumabjorn
Stephen King as an exterminator, but that would be to good to be true, no?
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That would indeed too good to be true, but the real exterminator fits the bill quite nicely too.
So far we have:
Douglas Adams: bodyguard. HIMS
William S. Burroughs
John Clare
Don DeLillo
William Faulkner
Zane Grey
Thomas Hardy: architect. Shayne Parkinson
Joseph Heller
Langston Hughes
John Keats
Stephen King
Philip Larkin: librarian. Bilbo1967
Harper Lee
Hilary Mantel
Herman Melville
George Orwell
Anne Rice
J. D. Salinger
Kurt Vonnegut: car dealer. HIMS
William Carlos Williams
architect
blacksmith's apprentice
bodyguard
car dealer
customs inspector
dentist
doctor
entertainment director on a luxury liner
exterminator
high school janitor
hotel busboy
insurance claims examiner
librarian
lime burner
parking attendant
police officer
reservation clerk for an airline
social worker
surgeon's assistant
university postmaster
Four down, sixteen to go.