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A clue to the exit a novel

Charlie Fairburn, successful screenwriter, ex-husband, and absent father, has been given six months to live. He resolves to stake half his fortune on a couple of turns of the roulette wheel and, to his agent's disgust, to write a novel--about death. In the casino he meets his muse. Charlie grows as...

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Main Author: St. Aubyn, Edward, 1960-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: NY: Picador USA, 2015.
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Authors > Fiction.
Women gamblers > Fiction.
Terminally ill > Fiction.
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