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"Engaging... Along with the corpse himself, [the suspects] tell their stories in a series of monologues, and this is where Guène, with the help of an excellent translation by Ardizzone, really shines" (Laura Wilson Guardian)
"One of the most exciting novelists to emerge in recent years" (Irish Times)
"Brilliantly paced... and utterly distinctive" (Daniel Hahn Independent)
"Guène is praised as a multicultural heroine. And to her credit, she turns stereotypes on their heads; the people of Making-Ends-Meet are an authentic community, whose humanity endears them to us, however gritty or kitsch their veneer" (Times Literary Supplement)
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- EditoreVintage
- Data di pubblicazione2012
- ISBN 10 0099539578
- ISBN 13 9780099539575
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine160
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