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Peter Messent is a Reader in Modern American Literature at the University of Nottingham.

A Companion to Mark Twain cover

A Companion to Mark Twain

2 contributors - Paperback

£37.95

A Companion to Mark Twain cover

A Companion to Mark Twain

2 contributors - Hardback

£171.95

The Crime Fiction Handbook cover

The Crime Fiction Handbook

Peter Messent - Paperback

£19.95

Mark Twain and Male Friendship cover

Mark Twain and Male Friendship

Peter Messent - Hardback

£71.00

Mark Twain cover

Mark Twain

Peter Messent - Paperback

£34.99

New Readings of the American Novel cover

New Readings of the American Novel

Peter Messent - Paperback

£33.99

Criminal Proceedings cover

Criminal Proceedings

Peter Messent - Paperback

£29.99

The Cambridge Introduction to Mark Twain cover

The Cambridge Introduction to Mark Twain

Peter Messent - Hardback

£78.00

Mark Twain and Male Friendship cover

Mark Twain and Male Friendship

Peter Messent - Paperback

£27.49

The Cambridge Introduction to Mark Twain cover

The Cambridge Introduction to Mark Twain

Peter Messent - Paperback

£25.00