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The quiet girl

Høeg, Peter, 1957-2008
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Kaspar Krone is a world-renowned circus clown with a deep love for the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and an even deeper gambling debt. Wanted for tax evasion and on the verge of extradition, Krone is drafted into the service of a mysterious order of nuns who promise him reprieve from the international authorities in return for his help safeguarding a group of children with mystical abilities.
Main title:
The quiet girl / Peter Hoeg ; translated from the Danish by Nadia Christensen.
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2008, c2007.
Collation:
406 p. : maps ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: Copenhagen: Rosinante, 2006, as Den Stille Pige.Originally published in English: London: Harvill Secker, 2007.Translated from the Danish.
ISBN:
9780099507352
Dewey class:
839.81374
Language:
EnglishDanish
BRN:
34224
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