Boyd's excruciatingly funny first novel presents an unforgettable anti-hero and a vision of Africa seldom seen. British diplomat Morgan Leafy bumbles heavily through his job in Kinjanja. When he finds himself blackmailed, diagnosed with a...
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Автор: Кунгурцева Вероника Юрьевна
Серия: Похождения Вани Житного #2
Язык: русский
Год: 2009
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Ваня Житный — сирота, живущий у бабушки–ведуньи, отправляется в очередное путешествие со своими новыми друзьями: таинственной...
Автор: Носов Сергей Анатольевич
Серия: Премия «Национальный бестселлер» #2015
Язык: русский
Год: 2015
Прозаика и драматурга Сергея Носова не интересуют звоны военной меди, переселения народов и пышущие жаром преисподней трещины,...
Впервые на русском — второй роман классика современной литературы, написанный сразу после прославившего его романа «Под покровом...
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