Quite a Good Time to Be Born: A Memoir: 1935-1975
By: David Lodge
3.62
Format: 488 pages, Paperback
'I was born on January 28th, 1935, which was quite a good time for a future writer to start life …
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3.93
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3.00
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3.96
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4.08
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3.81
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3.99
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3.31
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4.13
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31. Quite a Good Time to Be Born: A Memoir: 1935-1975
By: David Lodge
3.62
Format: 488 pages, Paperback
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