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      The Book of Secrets

      by M.G. Vassanji
      Published
      Dec 1996
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      In 1988, a retired schoolteacher named Pius Fernandes receives an old diary found in the back room of an East African shop. Written in 1913 by a British colonial administrator, the diary captivates Fernandes, who begins to research the coded history he encounters in its terse, laconic entries. What he uncovers is a story of forbidden liaisons and simmering vengeances, family secrets and cultural exiles--a story that leads him on an investigative journey through his own past and Africa's.

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      First Edition Dec 1996 Picador ISBN13 9780312150686 ISBN10 0312150687
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      Apr 1994 McClelland & Stewart (Canada) ISBN13 9780771087196 ISBN10 0771087195
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      Oct 1997 McClelland & Stewart ISBN13 9780771087219 ISBN10 0771087217
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      Feb 1996 Picador ISBN13 9780312140830 ISBN10 0312140835
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      Sep 2006 McClelland & Stewart (Canada) ISBN13 9780771087295 ISBN10 0771087292
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