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Gruber, Michael, 1940–

The good son : a novel / Michael Gruber.—1st ed.

p. cm.

ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-9128-1.

1. Political kidnapping—Fiction. 2. Pakistani Americans—Pakistan—Fiction.

3. Pakistan—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3607.R68G66 2010

813'.6—dc22

2009036955

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