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Spare, classical in form, cool and contemporary.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Edward Abbey
- First published
- 1988
- Pages
- 513
- Publisher
- Owl Books, Avon Books, Henry Holt & Co.
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780380708567
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First sentence
“...slamming the door behind her.”
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