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Classical in form, spare, contemporary and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Nicholas Wade
- First published
- 2009
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher
- Penguin Press HC, The, Penguin Books, by Nicholas Wade
- Editions
- 3
- ISBN
- 9780143118190
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