Robert Barclay is an author best known for his acclaimed 2002 debut novel, Melal: A Novel of the Pacific. The book, set in the Marshall Islands, intertwines mythology, history, and the modern impacts of U.S. atomic testing.
Robert Barclay is an author best known for his acclaimed 2002 debut novel, Melal: A Novel of the Pacific. The book, set in the Marshall Islands, intertwines mythology, history, and the modern impacts of U.S. atomic testing.
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