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Book Title: Fever : a Novel

Item Length: 8 in

Item Height: 0.7 in

Item Width: 5.2 in

Author: Mary Beth Keane

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: General, Literary, Biographical, Historical

Publisher: Scribner

Publication Year: 2014

Genre: Fiction

Item Weight: 8.8 Oz

Number of Pages: 352 Pages

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