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The Ministry of Special Cases Cover Image Book

The Ministry of Special Cases / Nathan Englander.

Englander, Nathan. (Author).

Summary:

In 1976 Buenos Aires, Kaddish Poznan, the outcast son of a whore, and his wife, Lillian, are devastated by the disappearance of their own son, Pato, which forces them into the bleak corridors of the Ministry of Special Cases in search of the truth.

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  • ISBN: 0375404937
  • ISBN: 9780375404931
  • Physical Description: 339 pages ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.

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