Книга: Archer Jeffrey «A Quiver Full of Arrows»
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Производитель: "MacMillan" Two friends fall under the spell of a New York beauty - with quite unexpected results. An offhand remark is taken seriously by a Chinese sculptor, and a British diplomat becomes the owner of a priceless work of art. An insurance claims advisor has a most surprising encounter on the train home to Sevenoaks. These are the openings to three of this marvellous collection of stories that ends with a hauntingly-written, atmospheric account of two undergraduates at Oxford in the thirties, a tale of bitter rivalry that ends in a memorable love story.`Stylish, witty and constantly entertaining ... Jeffrey Archer has a natural aptitude for short stories` -`The Times.` ISBN:9781509807291 Издательство: "MacMillan" (2017)
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