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–The Dallas Morning News
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–Detroit Free Press
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–The Denver Post
Finalist for the Hammett Prize
–The New York Times Book Review
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–The Dallas Morning News
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–Detroit Free Press
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780345486028 |
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Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group |
Publication date: | 09/27/2005 |
Sold by: | Random House |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 240 |
Sales rank: | 241,540 |
File size: | 242 KB |
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