Giovanni's Room
by James Baldwin
Hardcover
Pages 268 pages
Published 1956
Audiobook 6h 4m
Languages English, Danish, French +8
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Giovanni's Room
by James Baldwin
Publisher's Summary
Set in the contemporary Paris of American expatraites, liasons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality.…
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Weighted Score
4.33 out of 5.0
Bayesian Score Formula
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R (Avg Rating): 4.37 ★
v (Ratings Count): 539
C (Catalog Average): 3.89 ★
m (Min Weight Threshold): 50
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Hardcover Avg: 4.37
True Ratings 539
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Nikki Giovanni
James Baldwin (1924-1987)
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