Viggo Mortensen's Books That Made A Difference

Books That Made a Difference to Viggo Mortensen

O, The Oprah Magazine | From the September 2007 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Poems, novels, essays, histories. The actor (and writer, and publisher) goes to press with his favorite titles.

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