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Las orchestra saves the world takes place in east anglia, england. Las orchestra saves the world by mccall smith, alexander. Its 1939 and the war in europe casts a long, allencompassing shadow. In the late 20th century, mccall smith became a respected expert on medical law and bioethics and served on british and international committees concerned with these issues.
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