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Cover of The garden of last days: a novel

The garden of last days: a novel

โœ Scribed by Andre Dubus III


Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Year
2008;2009
Tongue
English
Weight
255 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN
0393068846

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โœฆ Synopsis


Explosive elements converge one early September night in a Florida men's club revealing the seamy underside of American life at the moment before the world changed. Reluctantly bringing her daughter to her men's club office when her babysitter falls ill, stripper April endeavors to keep her child safe while servicing a wealthy foreign client, while a drunken regular angrily retaliates for being thrown out of the club.


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