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The online blurb says the book is a "darkly humorous novel that uses the deftest touch to draw a thread through the lives of Welsh farmers, city accountants, Indian hoteliers and Eisteddfod mums".
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
He became so famous that at least one Random House book featured a blurb from Cerf himself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
The public safety blurb was also expanded to clarify that Garvey supports “more training, better resources, and effective crime prevention strategies.”
From Slate • Feb. 5, 2024
He had spoken to Due about providing a blurb for Stephen Graham Jones’ “The Only Good Indians” but didn’t know she was working on a new novel, her first in almost a decade.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2023
I didn’t understand how Fred’s death could be reduced to a blurb.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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