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The Chamber

John Grisham, Author Dell Publishing Company $7.99 (688p) ISBN 978-0-440-22060-2

Tie-in edition with the forthcoming movie starring Gene Hackman and Faye Dunaway. (Oct)
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Reviewed on: 04/03/1995

Release date: 04/01/1995

Genre: Fiction

Paperback - 105 pages - 9780582364110

Prebound-Glued - 676 pages - 9780785762201

Hardcover - 486 pages - 9780385474405

Mass Market Paperbound - 676 pages - 9780440245940

Open Ebook - 404 pages - 9780307575999

Paperback - 647 pages - 9780099537076

Paperback - 608 pages - 9780099179511

Paperback - 120 pages - 9781405882613

Hardcover - 496 pages - 9780385424721

Mass Market Paperbound - 688 pages - 9780440220602

Paperback - 556 pages - 9788408020943

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