The Sin Eater
- ISBN-10
- 0715609408
- ISBN-13
- 9780715609408
- Category
- Fiction / General
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1977
- Publisher
- Duckworth
- Author
- Alice Thomas Ellis
Description
A family patriarch lies on his deathbed surrounded by his bickering children in this clever tale of wit and malice.
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