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ALSO BY JORDI PUNTÍ
ORIGINAL CATALAN
Pell d’armadillo
Animals tristos
Maletes perdudes
Els castellans
Això no és Amèrica
Tot Messi. Exercicis d’estil
TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH
Lost Luggage (fiction)
Messi. Lessons in Style (nonfiction)
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Originally published in Spain in 2017 as Això no és Amèrica by Grup Editorial 62.
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ISBN: 978-1-9821-0471-9
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