Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012 Shortlisted for New Writer of the Year in the 2012 Specsavers National Book Awards On the outer deck of a North Sea ferry stands Futh, a middle-aged and newly separated man, on his way to Germany for a...
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Автор: Butler Robert Olen
Серия: Christopher Marlowe Cobb Thriller #1
Язык: английский
Год: 2012
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