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    Distant Mists
    Distant Mists
    Distant Mists
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    Distant Mists

    By Alan Farmer

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    Like T. S. Eliot, Heinrich Heine, T. S. Johnson a friend Alan Farmer spent some of his time in banking, which as he says interrupted my dreaming for a while. He now lives in Dorset England.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateSep 5, 2013
    ISBN9781491877760
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