Charles Bock

Charles Bock is a Las Vegas native and the author of the novelBeautiful Children.

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April 4 2013 10:30 PMArcher, Season 4Bring on the Sealab already!Jeremy Stahl and Charles Bock

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Sept. 11 2008 6:48 AMGrowing Up in a Las Vegas PawnshopCharles Bock

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