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The story of this secret operation has never been fully told until now. Mar, 2020 he has also been involved in new york city ballet production, and has written several novels as well as the historical nonfiction operation nemesis 2015. He attended the university of chicago and graduated from oberlin college in 1976, whereupon he moved to new york city. Eric bogosian talked about his book, operation nemesis. In addition to his numerous plays, bogosian is the author of three novels mall, wasted beauty and perforated heart.
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