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Classical in form, contemporary, cool and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Fred Vargas
- First published
- 1996
- Pages
- 230
- Publisher
- J'ai lu, Magnard, Aufbau Taschenbuch Verlag
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- German, French
- ISBN
- 9782210754898
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First sentence
“Mathilde sortit son agenda et nota : « Le type qui est assis à ma gauche se fout de ma gueule. »”
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