FIRST EDITION

copyright © 2020 by Shani Mootoo
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Title: Polar vortex : a novel / Shani Mootoo.
Names: Mootoo, Shani, author.
Description: First edition.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20200160141 | Canadiana (ebook) 2020016015X ISBN 9781771665643 (softcover) | ISBN 9781771665650 (HTML)ISBN 9781771665667 (PDF) | ISBN 9781771665674 (Kindle)

Classification: LCC PS8576.O622 P65 2020 | DDC C813/.54—dc23

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