It is clear that the books owned the shop rather than the other way about. Everywhere they had run wild and taken possession of their habitat, breeding and multiplying, and clearly lacking any strong hand to keep them down.
Agatha ChristieAbout author
- Author's profession: Writer
- Nationality: english
- Born: September 15, 1890
- Died: January 12, 1976
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