Roy is a lover of adventure movies, a budding writer, and a young man slowly coming of age without the benefit of a father. Surrounding him--whether to support him or to drag him under--is the adult world of postwar Chicago, a city haunted by violence, poverty, and the redeeming power of imagination
Sad stories of the death of Kings
โ Scribed by Morgan, Jules
- Book ID
- 125832220
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 210 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 2215-0366
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