**From the bestselling author of the Kurt Wallander Mysteries: An "uplifting . . . grittily realistic" fable about war-torn Africa and a mystical orphan boy (_The New York Times_).** A single gunshot cracks the silence of a hot African night. On the rooftop of a local theater company, a ten-yea
Chronicler of The Winds
โ Scribed by Mankell, Henning
- Book ID
- 106753077
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 133 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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