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"A powerful and absorbing narrative told with elegance and subtlety" (Daily Telegraph)
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- PublisherHutchinson
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0091776368
- ISBN 13 9780091776367
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages298
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THE CROCODILE BIRD
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