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Earnest, grave, contemporary and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Imbolo Mbue
- First published
- 2020
- Pages
- 384
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group, Canongate Books, Random House, Incorporated
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780593209950
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