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Warm, cool, spare and resolved.
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- resolvedopen-ended
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- David G. Wells
- First published
- 1986
- Pages
- 250
- Publisher
- Penguin (Non-Classics), Penguin Books, Penguin Group UK
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780140080292
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