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The Story of the Nose

By: Andrea Camilleri
Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
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Publisher's Summary

Kovalyov wakes one morning to discover that his nose has disappeared! It has mysteriously found its way into a loaf of bread on the barber Yokovlevich's breakfast table.

The barber tries to get rid of it, but when Kovalyov steps out onto the St Petersburg streets, he finds his nose, now the size of a human, wearing a gold-embroidered uniform and travelling around in a carriage....

©2010 Gruppo Editoriale L’Espresso S.p.A and 2010 Andrea Camilleri (P)2015 W F Howes Ltd

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"A gem of an idea…exquisite illustrations and sleek design…. Bedtime stories get a literary makeover." ( The Lady on the Save the Story series)

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