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Makeshift

A Novel

Peter Rock author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Soft Skull Press

Published:25th Aug '26

Should be back in stock very soon

Makeshift cover

This hardback, "Makeshift" from Peter Rock, was published 25th August 2026 by Soft Skull Press.

  1. Science Fiction

ISBN: 9781593768171

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

224 pages

Other books from Peter Rock:

  • The Night Swimmers
  • My Abandonment
  • Klickitat
  • Spells
  • Passersthrough
  • The Shelter Cycle
  • This Is the Place

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