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Classical in form, earnest, grave and character-led.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Pat Conroy
- First published
- 1976
- Pages
- 476
- Publisher
- Old New York Book Shop Press, Tandem Library, Random House
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780553473872
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