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Giovanni's Room: A Novel - James Baldwin

Name: Giovanni's Room: A Novel
Author: James Baldwin

Story location: Paris, France

In 1950s Paris, a young American expatriate becomes torn between conventional expectations and a doomed affair with Giovanni, exposing hidden desires and fear.

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Where is Giovanni's Room: A Novel set?: On BooksOnTheMap, this book is pinned to: Paris, France.
What genre is this book?: This title is filed under: Literature.
Who wrote Giovanni's Room: A Novel?: The author listed for this title on BooksOnTheMap is James Baldwin.
Where can I listen to the audiobook of this book?: You can listen to this audiobook on Audiobooks.com, along with tens of thousands of other audiobooks.