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Marlowe
It depends on the 12 year old. It isn't a children's book - there is discussion of tragedy and grief, portrayals of drinking (including what appears to be alcoholism), and I seem to remember some mild cursing. I would have been fine reading it at 12, but I know some are a lot more sensitive.
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