Shalimar the Clown - format ePub

Omar Khayyam Shakil a trois mères, trois sœurs qui manifestent en même temps les symptômes de la grossesse. Dans l’étrange retraite qu’elles se sont choisie, elles lui donneront à téter le lait de leurs...

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'Rushdie's most engaging book since Midnight's Children' Observer Shalimar the Clown was once a figure full of love and laughter. His skill as a tightrope walker was legendary in his native home of Kashmir....

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