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Author | Craig Clevenger |
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Cover artist | Jacket design by Dorothy Carico Smith |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Novel |
Publisher | MacAdam/Cage |
Publication date | September 2002 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
Pages | 199 pp (first edition, hardback) |
ISBN | 1-931561-15-X |
OCLC | 49680096 |
813/.6 21 | |
LC Class | PS3603.L49 C66 2002 |
Followed by | Dermaphoria |
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