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- Published 20081202
- ISBN: 9780733323935
- Extent: 264 pp
- Paperback (234 x 153mm)

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Jonathan Raban (June 1942–January 2023)
Jonathan Raban is the author of Soft City, Arabia, Foreign Land, Old Glory, For Love and Money, Hunting Mister Heartbreak, Bad Land, and Passage to Juneau;...
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