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| Genre/Form: | Psychological fiction Fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Tove Jansson |
| ISBN: | 9780954899578 0954899571 |
| OCLC Number: | 241036886 |
| Description: | 201 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. |
| Other Titles: | Ärliga bedragaren. |
| Responsibility: | Tove Jansson ; translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal ; introduced by Ali Smith. |
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"'I loved this book. It's cool in both senses of the word, understated yet exciting. When I finished it I read it all over again. The characters still haunt me.' - Ruth Rendell 'The True Deceiver glitters with the kind of sharpness that might just cut you... It is one of Jansson's most deceptively quiet, most astonishing compositions.' - Ali Smith" Read more...
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