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Young Martin Dressler begins his career as a helper in his father's cigar store. In the course of his restless young manhood, he makes a swift and eventful rise to the top. His visions grow more and more fantastical as he plans his ultimate creation: the Grand Cosmo, in which he attempts to capture the entire world and its dreams.
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Grave, prestige, open-ended and meticulous.
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
- rawmeticulous
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Steven Millhauser
- First published
- 1996
- Pages
- 294
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Group, Limited, Libros del Asteroide, Recorded Books
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- Spanish, French, English
- ISBN
- 9780679781271
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