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The drowning of arthur braxton cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. His mum has left, his dad is broken and hes the laughingstock of his high school. Caroline smailes arthur braxton runs away from school. The drowning of arthur braxton by luke cutforth kickstarter. Redbirdflies writes that caroline smailes the drowning of arthur braxton is one of the best works of fiction i have read this year. The drowning of arthur braxton, an extremely modern fairy tale, had me gripped and breathless from the very beginning. Caroline smailes has 12 books on goodreads with 9298 ratings. It took me about seventy pages to get my head around the world and fully dive in to the characters enough to understand who they are, why theyre present in this book and everything else about it. He hides out in an abandoned building, an old edwardian bathhouse. The drowning of arthur braxton by caroline smailes, 9780007479092, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The drowning of arthur braxton audiobook by caroline.
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