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Richard Gwyn, in addition to being a poet, writer and translator, teaches creative writing at Cardiff University. This is his first novel.
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- PublisherAnchor Books
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0307276872
- ISBN 13 9780307276872
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
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