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Book Title: Devil on the Cross
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Topic: Classics, Cultural Heritage, General, Literary
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2017
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 7.7 Oz
Author: Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
Item Length: 7.7 in
Item Width: 5.1 in
Book Series: Penguin African Writers Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
