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Book Title: Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine
Item Length: 8.2in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 5.3in
Author: Alina Bronsky
Format: United Kingdom-B Format Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Humorous / Black Humor, Family Life
Publisher: Europa Editions, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2011
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 11.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 262 Pages
