- Gays, Fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction in English
Clem Snide, a private detective, has to solve a case of ritual murder. In the Gobi Desert 100,000 years ago, a red virus has erupted. And in the 18th century, gay pirates have set up their own republics in South America and are at war with the conquistadors. All three stories are merged at the end in a giant trans-time, trans-space battle.
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Epic, plot-driven, relentless and open-ended.
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
- resolvedopen-ended
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- William S. Burroughs
- First published
- March 15, 1982
- Pages
- 332
- Publisher
- Blackstone Audiobooks, Blackstone Audio, Inc., Holt Paperbacks
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- srp, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9788677180997
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