Up to his seventeenth year no one regarded Ronald as anything but a rather large, overfed youth, probably best ignored. Perhaps that was the trouble--no one really took a good look at Ronald. Except for his devoted mother, who saw only the son she wanted to see. Who, then, is Ronald? Ronald is that faceless unknown who waits - to take, to grab what he needs, to become the ultimate invader.
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Spare, grave, classical in form and bleak.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Jack Vance
- First published
- October 1982
- Pages
- 219
- Publisher
- Underwood Books, Underwood Miller, Ballantine Books
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780934438643
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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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