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    Eighteen Skinners
    Eighteen Skinners
    Eighteen Skinners
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    Eighteen Skinners

    By Paul Stansby

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    A chap, Stan has sealed up a time box from the early eighties , 1981 and in 2021 opens it, forty years later and indulges with his friend Jim, in the contents of it..Joe another friend appears on the scene the following day and between the three of them, plus some insistence from Jim and Stan's daughters, embark on a trip to Columbia in South America with their four granddaughters. This is linked to 'Cruise Control Over' also set in Columbia.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPaul Stansby
    Release dateFeb 16, 2021
    ISBN9781005709112
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