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A cross between daniel woodrell and annie proulx, wyoming is about the stubborn grip of inertia and whether or not it is possible to live without accepting oneself. They announced it would be published in italy in the fall of 2009. Wu ming 2 wasnt due to join the meeting but i had been expecting wu ming 5. Sequel to q, in which characters from the first book come back to settle old scores, as the republic of venice and the whole 16th century world order seem ready to crumble. More historical fiction alla bolognese by the italian committee. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading altai. Shop amongst our popular books, including 21, 54, the man with the compound eyes and more from wu ming. This is my first wu ming novel and i hope to keep following these authors in the future.
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