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Author: Chambers, Clare
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Published on 2 November 2023 by Orion Publishing Co (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) in the United Kingdom.
Hardback | 368 pages
161 x 241 x 32 | 564g
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