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Can I read Romain Gary : a tall story on EtoBox?
Romain Gary : a tall story by David Bellos is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
What is Romain Gary : a tall story about?
Airman, war hero, immigrant, law student, diplomat, novelist and celebrity spouse, Romain Gary had several lives thrust upon him by the history of the twentieth century, but he also aspired to lead many more. He wrote more than two dozen books and a score of short stories under several different names in two languages, English and French, neither of which was his mother tongue. Gary had a gift for narrative that endeared him to ordinary readers, but won him little respect among critics far more
Who reads Romain Gary : a tall story?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- David Bellos
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781446402863
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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