- Literature, Families, Families in fiction, Crime
Everyone Anton Waker grew up with is corrupt. His parents deal in stolen goods and his first career is a partnership venture with his cousin Aria selling forged passports and social security cards to illegal aliens.
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Contemporary, grave, classical in form and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Emily St. John Mandel
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 287
- Publisher
- Unbridled Books, Pan Macmillan, Vintage
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- French, English
- ISBN
- 9781447280057
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