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The Strange Bird: A Borne Story

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Book Title: Strange Bird : a Borne Story

Number of Pages: 128 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Topic: Fantasy / General, Dystopian, Literary, Science Fiction / General

Item Height: 0.4 in

Publication Year: 2018

Genre: Fiction

Item Weight: 3.5 Oz

Author: Jeff Vandermeer

Item Length: 7.4 in

Item Width: 5 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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