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- Published 20131203
- ISBN: 9781922079992
- Extent: 264 pp
- Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

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Margo Lanagan
Margo Lanagan is the author of two novels based on traditional tales, Tender Morsels (Knopf, 2008) and Sea Hearts (Allen & Unwin, 2012), and...
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