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This post is in the theme constructing an identity through media. He employed the termand explicitly aligned himself with the values ofthe noveau roman, a. Part prophecy and part erotic fantasy, this classic tale of otherworldly depravity features new york itself. Isbn 9781564787828 9781564787828 softcover, dalkey archive press, 2012.
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