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The Empty Cafe

The Empty Cafe

The Empty Cafe

Michael Hoffman

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1st Book Library
Año de edición:
2001
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Cuentos
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9780759619869
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Why did the woman in the restaurant scream? Why is the man falsely charged guilty? The empty cafe fills; reason unravels. In the novella Solitude, the last of eight tales in this volume, Solomon Rose returns home after 22 years to confront a dilemma soluble only by murder.

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