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Book Title: Lives of the Monster Dogs : a Novel
Item Length: 8.2in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 5.6in
Author: Kirsten Bakis
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Fantasy / Contemporary, Literary
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication Year: 2017
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 9.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
