The Mirage
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780062097934 (0062097938)
Publish date: February 7th 2012
Publisher: Harper
Pages no: 370
Edition language: English
Ruff’s first novel Fool on the Hill is one of my favourite all-time books while his Bad Monkeysis an acid trip of a read. (In a good way.) But I wasn’t sure how The Mirage would land. Well, he did a brilliant job. I love books featuring alternate histories or even just alternate cities. Ruff took th...
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