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The Vigilante

The Vigilante

John Steinbeck

'Everything was dead, everything unreal; the dark mob was made up of stiff lay-figures' One of America's greatest writers explores mob violence, voyeurism and betrayal in these unforgettable tales of Californian life. ...

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Ladybird
Year of publication:
2018
ISBN:
978-0-241-33895-7
Pages:
64
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Synopsis

'Everything was dead, everything unreal; the dark mob was made up of stiff lay-figures' One of America's greatest writers explores mob violence, voyeurism and betrayal in these unforgettable tales of Californian life.

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