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My Secret History
- Book ID
- 126207884
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 418 KB
- Category
- Standards
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
'Parent saunters into the book aged fifteen, shouldering a.22 Mossberg rifle as earlier, more innocent American heroes used to tote a fishing pole. In his pocket is a paperback translation of Dante's 'Inferno'…He is a creature of naked and unquenchable ego, greedy for sex, money, experience, another life' — Jonathan Raban, 'Observer'.
✦ Subjects
Современная русская и зарубежная проза
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