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Character
Contemplative, character-led, grave and earnest.
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- James Lloyd Carr
- First published
- 1980
- Pages
- 111
- Publisher
- Penguin in association with The Harvester Press, ISIS Large Print Books, Rehák David - Important Books
- Editions
- 25
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780141046679
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First sentence
“WHEN THE TRAIN stopped I stumbled out, nudging and kicking the kitbag before me.”
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