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A world of strange ways and stranger people. A land where men and women are marked for life. Where they are bound to irrevocable destinies by the proclamation of the Faceless Man - an unseen power which terrorises and controls the world.
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Grave, classical in form, unpretentious and earnest.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Jack Vance, Russell Letson
- First published
- 1977
- Pages
- 206
- Publisher
- Coronet, Dell Publishing, Dell Books
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- Italian, Russian, English
- ISBN
- 9780340198278
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John Holbrook "Jack" Vance was an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer. Though most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance, he also wrote 11 mystery novels using his full name John Holbrook Vance, three under the pseudonym Ellery Queen, and one each using the pseudonyms Alan Wade, Peter Held, John van See, and Jay Kavanse.
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