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Book from blogging waiter

By Nicholas Clee
Publication: Bookseller
Date: Friday, October 6 2006
Eleanor Birne at Murray bought the book, to be entitled Waiter!, through James Gill at PFD, acting for Farley Chase at the Waxman Literary Agency. Murray has UK and Commonwealth rights, and will publish in March 2008. Ecco will publish in the US

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