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Book Title: Elephanta Suite
Item Length: 8.2in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Paul Theroux
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Short Stories (Single Author), General, Literary, Coming of Age
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 10.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
