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* A timely and compelling novel that brilliantly dramatises the economics both of impending environmental catastrophe and of human desire
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- EditoreAbacus
- Data di pubblicazione2007
- ISBN 10 034911949X
- ISBN 13 9780349119496
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine416
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