Author | Michael Chabon |
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Cover artist | Painting: Robert Bordo Design: Linda Kosarin |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Short stories |
Publisher | William Morrow and Company |
Publication date | 1991 |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 207 pp (first edition, hardback) |
ISBN | 0-688-09553-4 (first edition, hardback) |
OCLC | 22181371 |
813/.54 20 | |
LC Class | PS3553.H15 M95 1991 |
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