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Classical in form, earnest, grave and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Peter Robinson
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 439
- Publisher
- Penguin, Pan Books, HarperCollins
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780380975815
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