Mol Benade, her brothers Treppie and Pop, and son Lambert live in a rotting government house, which is the only thing they have, other than decaying appliances that break as soon as they're fixed, remembrances of a happy past that never really...
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A major new novel about sex and the citizen by the award-winning author of Being Dead.
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Murdo, a teenager obsessed with...
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“A novel of epic scope and ambition.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
An influential Polish classic celebrates 50 years — and its first English edition
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