(Low)Life: A Memoir of Jazz, Fight-Fixing, and the Mob, Hardcover - Charles Farrell

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Ian McMillanNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 138 x 198 x 20Cover type: Hardback...

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