The nickel boys / Colson Whitehead.
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| Bagley Public Library | LARGE PRINT WHI (Text) | 33500013165725 | Main | Available | - |
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- ISBN: 9781984892249
- ISBN: 198489224X
- Physical Description: 336 pages (large print) ; 21 cm
- Edition: First large print edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
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| Summary, etc.: | "In this bravura follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize, ... Read More |
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| Genre: | Large type books. Fiction. Historical fiction. Historical fiction. Bildungsromans. Historical fiction. |
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