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The ghost writer

John Harwood

2004369 pagesabout 6–8 hours
2004
first published
  • 2004Harcourt · 369 pages · ENGISBN 9780151010745
  • 2004Jonathan Cape · 374 pages · ENGISBN 9780224071130
  • 2005Harcourt · 369 pages · ENGISBN 9780156032322

Plagued with unpleasant memories of his mother's death, shy Gerard Freeman is obsessed with the manuscript of a century-old ghost story written by his great-grandmother and entrusted to his care.

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