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Mickelsson's Ghosts

by John Gardner · 1982

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An American novel —Gardner's final masterwork. — about a philosophy professor's messed up life.

Genre
literary fiction
Setting
1980spennsylvania
Subject
philosophy
Audience
adult
Length
long · 590 pages

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