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- EditoreHarperCollins
- Data di pubblicazione2010
- ISBN 10 0007315740
- ISBN 13 9780007315741
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine288
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Black Mamba Boy: From the Booker prize-shortlisted author of THE FORTUNE MEN
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