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Something Like Happy

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

Something Like Happy

By John Burnside

1 Ratings • 2.0 of 5

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About the book

In these remarkable stories, John Burnside takes us into the lives of men and women trapped in marriage, ensnared by drink, diminished by disappointment; all kinds of women, all kinds of men - lonely, unfaithful, dying - driving empty roads at night.

Book details

ISBN

9780099575597

Publisher

Vintage Publishing

Published year

2014

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Something Like Happy

Format

Paperback

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