**In this enchanting first novel, an irrepressibly optimistic oddball orphan is thrust into the wilds of postwar New York City after an extraordinary childhood in a theaterβ*Candide*by way of John Irving, with a hint of Charles Dickens.** Abandoned as an infant by his actress mother in her thea
Astonishing August
β Scribed by Caroline Lee
- Year
- 2021
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 65 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ASIN
- B08XP42XXQ
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