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Antonio mendez talked about his book the master of disguise. He lives with his papa and mama in little italy in america. Learn more about the moscow rules, the most recent of their four books. Antonio mendez is the former chief of disguise for the cia. Ever since he was born he started acting crazy impersonating people. How the cia and hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history by mendez, antonio j paperback by antonio j mendez 6 feb 20.
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