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Paperback: 544 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books; 1st Ballantine Books edition (August 27, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345405013
ISBN-13: 978-0345405012
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7.9 x 5.6 x 1.3 inches
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