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Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Michael marshall smith was born and raised itinerantly in the usa and the uk. I am a fan of his other books written under the name michael marshall but have only recently purchased the 3 earlier works. Michael marshall smith lives in north london with his wife paula, and is currently working on screenplays and his next book, while providing two cats with somewhere warm and comfortable to sit. His first novel, only forward, won the august derleth and philip k. The recipe for a modern masterpiece is a variable one, with many of the ingredients optional.
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He was born in england, but has also lived in the u. After the success of spares, warner brothers have already bought the rights to his third novel, one of us, amid intense competition. Smith was both a producer and a coscreenwriter for the movie. Recently i discovered a little gem from the michael marshall smith school of cookery. This darkly atmospheric scifi thriller, long on technological wizardry and futuristic grotesqueries, makes excellent fodder for the big screen.
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