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En 1945, dans un palace abandonné des Alpes autrichiennes, un écrivain américain traqué, zélateur du fascisme, couvre les murs et les plafonds de ses souvenirs : la Chine de 1924; la France de 1936; l'Espagne de 1938; les Bahamas de 1942. Une méditation sur l'homme et sur l'histoire, par un écrivain canadien anglais de calibre international.
First publish date: 1981
Genre: Thriller/Political Thriller
Authors: Timothy Findley
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