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Grave, prestige, open-ended and spare.
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- William T. Vollmann
- First published
- 1993
- Pages
- 432
- Publisher
- Penguin (Non-Classics)
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780140131963
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First sentence
“The story of the demon Blue-Shirt (known in His native land as AMORTORTAK) is hinted at in a variety of codices, being revealed nowhere and everywhere, like cabalistic doctrine.”
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