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Lives Of The Monster Dogs

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Book Title: Lives of the Monster Dogs : a Novel

Item Length: 8.2in

Item Height: 0.8in

Item Width: 5.6in

Author: Kirsten Bakis

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Fantasy / Contemporary, Literary

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Publication Year: 2017

Genre: Fiction

Item Weight: 9.5 Oz

Number of Pages: 320 Pages

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