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Rent The Dew Breaker
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Inc
Published: Mar 2005
Genre: Fiction - Literary
Retail Price: $18.00
Pages: 244
Synopsis
A scarred Brooklyn resident remembers his past life as a Haitian torturer in the 1960s, a period during which he waged personal and political battles before moving to New York, where his past continued to haunt him throughout his marriage and parenthood. By the award-winning author of The Farming of Bones. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.
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