Eight Stories
Dylan Thomas. New Directions Publishing Corporation, $7 (92pp) ISBN 978-0-8112-1245-8
The cream of the legendary word-smith's stories, in a low-priced edition. (Apr.)
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Reviewed on: 03/29/1993
Genre: Fiction
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