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Book Title: Asphalt : a Novel
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Carl Hancock Rux
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Urban, General, Literary, Coming of Age
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Publication Year: 2005
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 10.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 272 Pages