"It is one of those lessons that every child should learn: Do not play with what is dangerous."
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About Alison Lurie
Alison Lurie (1926-2020) was an American novelist and academic. She was known for her insightful and witty explorations of academia, relationships, and women's lives in her novels. Lurie won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1985 for her novel 'Foreign Affairs,' which portrays the experience of two American academics in London. She was also a distinguished professor of literature at Cornell University, where she taught for many years.
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