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The Eyre Affair
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Cool, plot-driven, relentless and ironic.
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Jasper Fforde, Roxane Azimi, Jasper Fforde
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 380
- Publisher
- dtv, Flame, Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Editions
- 32
- Language
- German, Russian, English
- ISBN
- 9782265076532
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First sentence
“MY FATHER had a face that could stop a clock.”
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