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(9780345379740 / 9780345379740) - Edition: 1st Trade pbk Edition - Height: 158 mm - Spine width: 30 mm - Width: 234 mm - Ballantine - Random House Publishing Group - ISBN: 9780345379740 - Number of pages: 432 | Door to a vast
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