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"The second book in R.M. Koster's highly acclaimed Tinieblas trilogy (following The Prince), The Dissertation is the story of--and a story by--Camilo Fuertes. To fulfill his Ph.D. requirement, Fuertes decides to write about his father, the martyred president of Tinieblas, a country in Latin America.
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- Author
- R. M. Koster
- First published
- 1976
- Pages
- 438
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell, William Morrow & Co, Harper's Magazine Press
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780553026825
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