Dawn Powell at Her Best
- ISBN-10
- 1883642167
- ISBN-13
- 9781883642167
- Category
- Fiction / General
- Pages
- 452
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Steerforth Press
- Author
- Dawn Powell
Description
Includes two novels and nine short stories with cynical, romantic, and humorous themes.
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