Accordion Crimes
Author: Annie Proulx
From the Pulitzer-prize winning author of The Shipping News, Accordion Crimes spans a century and a continent. The novel illuminates the lives of the founders of the U.S.A., descendants of Mexicans, Poles, Irish, etc., all linked by the accordian…..Read More
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