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The Question of Bruno
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- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 01-07-14
- Language: English
- Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Regular price: $20.72
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What did you like best about The Question of Bruno? What did you like least?
I felt like I got dropped off a cliff at the end....????
What did you like best about this story?
Interesting. Change of focus, times, tenses, etc. Was hard to follow and I had to start a couple times to get the hang of listening to it with its multiple changes.