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From the author of the internationally acclaimed, award-winning The Harmony Silk Factory comes an enthralling new novel that evokes an exotic yet turbulent and often frightening time and place.
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About the book
- Author
- Tash Aw
- First published
- 2009
- Pages
- 343
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group, Spiegel & Grau, Clipper Large Print
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781407442389
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