Death Kit: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 1466853549
- ISBN-13
- 9781466853546
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-10-01
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Author
- Susan Sontag
Description
First published in 1967, Death Kit--Susan Sontag's second novel--is a classic of modern fiction. Blending realism and dream, it offers a passionate exploration of the recesses of the American conscience.
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