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Classical in form, cool, spare and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Michael Dibdin
- First published
- 1989
- Pages
- 292
- Publisher
- Goldmann Verlag, Faber
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English, German
- ISBN
- 9780571154210
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