- Crime, Fiction, Wealth, Uncles
Born and raised in isolation in a wealthy, eccentric family, Sandy is shocked when he, his parents, and their servants become victims of a vicious plot by his greedy uncles to incapacitate them and take their money.
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Classical in form, spare, resolved and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Jean Ferris
- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 222
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace, Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media, Harcourt Paperbacks
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780613337090
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