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A Sport and a Pastime
Book cover
AuthorJames Salter
LanguageEnglish
GenreErotic novel
Set inFrance
PublishedMarch 3, 1967[1]
PublisherDoubleday
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages191
OCLC291893

A Sport and a Pastime (1967) is a novel by the American writer James Salter.

  1. ^ "New Books". The New York Times: 32. March 3, 1967.

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