- Fiction, Literature, Snipers, Violoncellists
This brilliant novel with universal resonance tells the story of three people trying to survive in a city rife with the extreme fear of desperate times, and of the sorrowing cellist who plays undaunted in their midst.
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Grave, earnest, overwhelming and meticulous.
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- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Steven Galloway
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 246
- Publisher
- Penguin Group USA, Inc., Riverhead Books, Riverhead Hardcover
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781594489860
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