The wrench

Primo Levi

Original title: La chiave a stella

earliest edition we have, 1986 Robert Laffont, 1997 paperback 221 pages

King Penguin

A construction worker named Libertini Faussone and the writer-chemist narrator swap stories of their adventures.

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This book in English

William Weaver 1 printing we hold · 1995 · Penguin Classics

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Editions we hold

Wrench edition · 2019 · Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 9780349142890
Monkey's Wrench edition · 2017 · Simon & Schuster · 208 pages · 9781501167669
Wrench edition · 2013 · Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 256 pages · 9780349138633
La Chiave a Stella (Italian Edition) edition · 2006 · Einaudi · 9788806181642
La Llave Estrella paperback · 2004 · Muchnik · 9788476695142
La Clé à molette paperback · 2002 · Editions 10/18 · 221 pages · 9782264034878
La llave estrella paperback · 2000 · Muchnik Editores · 195 pages · 9788476691410
La Clé à molette paperback · 1997 · Robert Laffont · 221 pages · 9782221084410
Der Ringschlüssel. paperback · 1997 · Wagenbach · 9783803122759
The Monkey's Wrench (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) paperback · 1995 · Penguin Classics · 176 pages · 9780140188929
The wrench hardcover · 1988 · Abacus · 171 pages
The wrench edition · 1987 · Joseph · 171 pages

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