The African Trilogy (Picador Books)
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This edition of The African Trilogy (Picador Books) by Chinua Achebe is a general-interest book whose subject is easy to identify. The record for this copy lists 1988 • Picador • 560 pages.
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Exact edition: ISBN-13 9780330303316
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