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A brilliantly original rags-to-riches tale, reminiscent of City of God, by the award-winning author of The Amnesia Clinic.As a child Ludo is plucked out of the shantytown where he was born and transported to a world of languid, cosseted luxury.
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- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- James Scudamore
- First published
- 2009
- Pages
- 278
- Publisher
- Harvill Secker, Random House Group Limited
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781407087399
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