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Desperate Characters, by Paula Fox (1970)

juliana brina 30 de June de 2017 0 Comments

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Desperate Characters, by Paula Fox (1970)

About the book

W. W. Norton Company, 2015, 192 p. Goodreads
Flamingo, 2003, 176 p. Goodreads
First published in 1970
My rating: 4 stars
The book was made into a movie starring Shirley MacLaine in 1971 (IMDb).

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