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A boy in Bosnia

By Nicholas Clee
Publication: Bookseller
Date: Friday, October 6 2006
Stanislic’s debut is a “very fresh and funny” novel about a boy caught up in the Bosnian conflict. Dunseath bought UK and Commonwealth rights from Random House in Germany. Weidenfeld plans to publish in late spring 2008

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