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Original Language: Arabic
Book Title: Hot Maroc : a Novel
Number of Pages: 424 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Topic: General, Satire, Literary
Item Height: 1.1 in
Publication Year: 2021
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 20.5 Oz
Author: Yassin Adnan
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Book Series: Middle East Literature in Translation Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
