The Illuminations: novel
โ Scribed by O'Hagan, Andrew
- Book ID
- 100202299
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 149 KB
- Edition
- First American edition
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0374712735
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โฆ Synopsis
A British army captain whose artistic pioneer grandmother lived an illusory life to cope with hardships begins transforming his own sense of reality in the aftermath of a mission gone wrong before confronting a mystery from his family's past.
โฆ Subjects
A Novel
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