- Existentialism, Men, Fiction, Modern fiction
At its most basic level, *** is a detective story. Stu Pott, the naive and sentimental hero, ends up (thanks to the collusion of a jealous wife, a rapacious mistress and a horde of snakily ambitious hangers-on) unjustly accused of the murder of his master, towering captain of industry and maker of ***.
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Prestige, contemporary, contemplative and spare.
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
- sparerichly built
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Michael Brodsky
- First published
- 1994
- Pages
- 367
- Publisher
- Thunder's Mouth Pr, Four Walls Eight Windows
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781568580012
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