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Travel Writings

Banks, Russell

A revelatory collection of travel essays by the Pulitzer Prize-nominated author ofCloudsplitter includes pieces on his interview with Fidel Castro in Cuba, his hippie reunion with college friends in Chapel Hill and his Edinburgh elopement with his fourth wife.

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ISBN: 9780061857676
Pagina's: 272
Verschenen: 01-01-2016
NUR: 510

Druk: 1
Uitvoering: Hardback
Taal: Engels
Uitgever: Ecco Pr

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