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Unlike the classic Mephistopheles, the seductive demon who approaches Swanwick's Johannes Faust is not the devil as we know him, but rather a representative of a mysterious race that seeks nothing less than the extermination of the hated human animal.
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Epic, grave, relentless and classical in form.
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- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Michael Swanwick
- First published
- 1997
- Pages
- 337
- Publisher
- Avon Books
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780380974443
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