Babayaga
Toby Barlow,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Farrar, Straus and Giroux on 08-06-2013
Toby Barlow,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Farrar, Straus and Giroux on 08-06-2013
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780374107871 (0374107874)
ASIN: 374107874
Publish date: August 6th 2013
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Paranormal,
Witches,
Urban Fantasy,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
France,
Supernatural
Will van Wyck is an ordinary advertising man, working in France around 1960. On the side, he provides reports on various companies to a man who works for the CIA. This is about as much excitement as he can safely handle. When he gets involved with the mysterious Zoya, a woman who will hex you as soo...
I thought this was ok (therefore, 2 stars), felt it "was like jogging through heavy cream" (see review at Bookgasm.But I clearly see how other readers, with other tastes, will lap it up. Check out my friend Kathrina's more generous, smart take.
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