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Lighthearted novel about the village of Tobiki on Okinawa and a native houseboy who swings "big deals". Points out tendency of Americans to think of democracy only in terms of American institutions.
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Classical in form, warm, comic and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Vern Sneider
- First published
- 1951
- Pages
- 282
- Publisher
- A Signet Book New American Library, Camphor Press, Penguin Publishing Group
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780451013484
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