Somewhere South of Here: A Novel

Year 2002
Pages 304
Binding Paperback

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Summary

Somewhere South of Here: A Novel by William Kowalski is a novel built around its characters and plot. The record for this copy lists 2002 • Harpercollins • 304 pages.

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Better candidate if you want premise, mood, and forward pull to do most of the work.

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Fiction Medium length Published before 2020

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