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The Boy Who Played the Sax - cover

The Boy Who Played the Sax

Simone Malacrida

Publisher: BookRix

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Summary

Power, intrigue, love and crime intertwine following more than fifty years of history in the Republic of Aurora, a South American state suspended between agricultural traditions and industrial progress.
The epic of one family, the Coronado, traverses the stages of development of this state and alternates with the social rise of a single person until the final showdown between landowners and drug traffickers, military and revolutionaries, entrepreneurs and politicians.
Available since: 04/18/2023.
Print length: 408 pages.

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