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Andrez Bergen
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100 Years of Vicissitude |
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No copies available |
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English |
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Paperback |
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268 |
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2012-10-16 |
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1780995970 |
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John Hunt |
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0.62 pounds |
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0.71 x 5.51 x 8.5 inches |
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Product Description
"First up, a disclaimer. I suspect I am a dead man. I have meagre proof, no framed- up certification, nothing to toss in a court of law as evidence of a rapid departure from the mortal coil. I recall a gun was involved, pressed up against my skull, and a loud explosion followed." Thus begins our narrator in a purgatorial tour through twentieth-century Japanese history, with a ghostly geisha who has seen it all as a guide and a corrupt millionaire as her reluctant companion. Thrown into the milieu are saké, B-29s, Lewis Carroll, Sir Thomas Malory, Melbourne, 'The Wizard of Oz', and a dirigible - along with the allusion that Red Riding Hood might just be involved.
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http://bookmooch.com/1780995970 |
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