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Letters from London 1990-1995

by Julian Barnes

A collection of essays originally published in the New Yorker documenting British political and cultural life during the early 1990s. Subjects include Margaret Thatcher's premiership, the Royal Family, and the impact of the Channel Tunnel.

Accession 21784 ISBN 0330341162 Publisher Picador
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