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A lyrical and deeply moving novel by a twice Orange-listed rising star, set in pre-Independence Sudan, Egypt and post-war Britain
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- EditoreW&N
- Data di pubblicazione2010
- ISBN 10 0297863142
- ISBN 13 9780297863144
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine320
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