A Boy of Good Breeding

by Miriam Toews

  Published in Canada by Vintage Canada, a division of Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. First edition published in Canada by Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited in 1998. Distributed by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto

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  Toews, Miriam, 1964–

  A boy of good breeding : a novel / Miriam Toews. — 2nd ed.

  Originally published: Toronto : Stoddart, 1998.

  eISBN: 978-0-307-37560-5

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