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"A tight, hypnotic...fast-paced, almost cinematic narrative."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York TimesFormer bouncer Barker Dodds wants nothing more than to flee his violent past for a quaint existence as a barber in London.
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Contemporary, relentless, spare and overwhelming.
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Rupert Thomson
- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 316
- Publisher
- Distributed by Random House, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Knopf
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780375702204
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