New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; VG/VG Hardcover; Green and orange spine with white text; Moderate shelf wear to dust jacket covers, fraying along sides and corners, rubbing at edges otherwise clean; Boards are strong and clean, binding slightly cocked, [SIGNED BY AUTHOR] on title page; Deckled text block exterior, text block clean; 303 pp

This book is part of the overstocked 15's, kept in Room X. 1308197. FP New Rockville Stock.

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M. G. Vassanji is the author of six previous novels: The Gunny Sack, which won a regional Commonwealth Writers’ Prize; No New Land; The Book of Secrets, which won the very first Giller Prize; Amriika; The In-Between World of Vikram Lall, which also received the Giller Prize; and, most recently, The Assassin’s Song . He is also the author of two short-story collections, a travel memoir about India, and a biography of Mordecai Richler. He lives in Toronto.

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Bookseller: Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1308197
Title: The Magic of Saida [SIGNED BY AUTHOR]
Author: Vassanji, M.G
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First US Edition
ISBN 10: 0307961508
ISBN 13: 9780307961501
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2012

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