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A Novel
by Cees Nooteboom
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by Aleksandar Hemon
Published Dec 2009
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by Jose Saramago
Published Sep 2009
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by Tyler Knox
Published Mar 2008
Read ReviewsIt is the mid-1950s; in a fleabag hotel off Times Square Kockroach, perfectly content with life as an insect, awakens to discover that somehow he's become, of all things, a human. As Kockroach, led by his primitive desires and insectile amorality, navigates through the bizarre human realms of crime, business, politics, and sex, he meets with both ...
by William Nicholson
Published Jan 2006
Read ReviewsWritten with the pace and thrust of a thriller, this is a stunning intellectual adventure, a moral fable bursting with art, poetry, music, and profound philosophical insight.
by Trezza Azzopardi
Published Feb 2005
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by Milan Kundera
Published Oct 2003
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