He had spent much of his childhood perched on the coast, with the taste of salt in the air: this was a place of woodland and river, mysterious and secretive in a different way from St. Mawes, the little town with its long smuggling history, where colorful houses tumbled down to the beach. Robert Galbraith
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This is a beautiful description of the place where the main character from 'Where The Wild Things Are' spent his formative years. The description gives us a good idea of what the surroundings would have looked like, which in turn helps us to understand better his character.

Source: Career Of Evil

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