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Dora and Nora Chance are a famous song-and-dance team of the British music halls. Billed as The Lucky Chances, the sisters are the illegitimate and unacknowledged daughters of Sir Melchoir Hazard, the greatest Shakespearean actor of his day. At once ribald and sentimental, glittery and tender,... read more

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Q. Why is London like Budapest?

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This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This is book 173 of 1272 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)

Preceded by SeƱor Vivo and the Coca Lord, and followed by Get Shorty.

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  1. Angela Carter (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 1991
ISBN: 0701133546
Page Count: 234

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