Overview: When Señora Mir lays her body across the abandoned tracks for a tram that will never arrive, she presents Ringo Kid with a riddle he will not unravel until after her death.
The Calligraphy of Dreams
✍ Scribed by Marsé, Juan
- Book ID
- 108865634
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 264 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781782064879
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Overview: When Señora Mir lays her body across the abandoned tracks for a tram that will never arrive, she presents Ringo Kid with a riddle he will not unravel until after her death.
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