Daniel Keyes 1966
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Told in letters, diaries or messages · tender and sad at once
- Genre
- Science fiction Literary Classics
Everything below shares at least two of these traits, or sits with it in some reader's stack. We tell you why as you go.
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Tender and sad at once · funny and sad at once
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Like yours: letters and diaries · you'll keep turning it over for days
S.
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Like yours: letters and diaries · you'll keep turning it over for days
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