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The Tyrant's Novel
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Delacorte Pr
Publication date
May 1, 2004
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780385511469
ISBN-10
0385511469
Dimensions
1 by 6.25 by 8.75 in.
Weight
0.90 lbs.
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Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$25.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Biding his time in detention camp for exiles, Alan Sheriff describes his successful writing career and marriage to an actress before he was hired by his government to ghostwrite the autobiography of the nation's brutal leader, an assignment that turns him into a prisoner and threatens everything he cares about. By the author of Schindler's List. 30,000 first printing.
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from Wheeler Pub Inc (October 19, 2004)
9781587247897 | details & prices | 328 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $30.95
About: A Booker Prize-winning Author A New York Times Editor's Choice In a work reminiscent of the classic Fahrenheit 451, Thomas Keneally has written a dazzling story of a man caught between the demands of his government and his impulse to run for his life.
About: A Booker Prize-winning Author A New York Times Editor's Choice In a work reminiscent of the classic Fahrenheit 451, Thomas Keneally has written a dazzling story of a man caught between the demands of his government and his impulse to run for his life.
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from Delacorte Pr (May 1, 2004)
9780385511469 | details & prices | 6.25 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $25.00
About: Biding his time in a detention camp for exiles, Alan Sheriff describes his life before he was hired by his government to ghostwrite the autobiography of the nation's brutal leader, an assignment that turns him into a prisoner.
About: Biding his time in a detention camp for exiles, Alan Sheriff describes his life before he was hired by his government to ghostwrite the autobiography of the nation's brutal leader, an assignment that turns him into a prisoner.
Paperback
New edition from Hodder & Stoughton (September 27, 2004)
9780340825266 | details & prices | 304 pages | 5.00 × 7.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $13.25
About: Why would a man abandon everything he has known and loved, only to be locked up as just one more unwelcome asylum seeker?
About: Why would a man abandon everything he has known and loved, only to be locked up as just one more unwelcome asylum seeker?
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