Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart

Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart

Main Market Ed.

Paperback (23 Oct 1992)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Upstate New York, 1953. A corpse is dragged from the river. The first question asked: white or coloured? Iris Courtney, a young white from a poor family, and Jinx Fairchild, a black classmate, know more about a murder than they will ever reveal. By the author of "Black Water".

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Picador

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Book information

ISBN: 9780330317306
Publisher: Macmillan
Imprint: Picador
Pub date:
Edition: Main Market Ed.
DEWEY: 813.54
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 405
Weight: 315g
Height: 197mm
Width: 130mm
Spine width: 25mm