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THE BREAKTHROUGH

THE BREAKTHROUGH

DAPHNE DU MAURIER / ANON

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Publisher:
PENGUIN
Year of publication:
2018
Subject:
Contemporary fiction
ISBN:
978-0-241-33920-6
Pages:
64
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Dispatch the maimed, the old, the weak, destroy the very world itself, for what is the point of life if the promise of fulfilment lies elsewhere? On the windswept coast of rural Suffolk, a deranged scientist attempts to extract the essence of life itself.

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