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FIRST EDITION
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Blaise, Clark, 1940—
The meagre tarmac / Clark Blaise.
Short stories.
ISBN 978-1-926845-15-9
I. Title.
PS8553.L34M42 2011 C813’.54 C2011-900983-8
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