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Under the jaguar sun

Calvino, ItaloMcLaughlin, Martin(Revised by)Weaver, William(Translated by)
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A couple on an epicurean journey across Mexico are excited by the idea of a particular ingredient, suggested by ancient rituals of human sacrifice.

Precariously balanced on his throne, a king is able only to listen to the sounds around him - sure that any deviation from their normal progression would mean the uprising of the conspirators that surround him. And three different men search desperately for the beguiling scents of lost women, from a Count visiting Madame Odile's perfumery, to a London drummer stepping over spent, naked bodies.

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Penguin
0141889616 / 9780141889610
eBook (EPUB)
853.914
28/05/2009
England
English
47 pages
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