A World Made of Fire by Mark Childress

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In rural Alabama, in the decades before World War I, a coming of age can happen in many different, disturbing, and delightful ways. "That rarest of finds, an unsentimental coming-of-age story (that is) also an engrossing mystery".--"San Francisco Chronicle".

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1984
ISBN: 0394536347
Page Count: 283

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Dewey: 813.54

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Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers › Psychological & Suspense
Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary

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