A Handbook For Visitors From Outer Space
by Kathryn Kramer
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A sharply fresh vision of our time conveyed through the experiences of a boy filled with classic yearnings for family wholeness and national honesty, on a quest to uncover his elders' secrets. Beginning with a mysterious, unlocatable war and concluding with a battle on the New Jersey Turnpike, this is a "mad fairy tale that unexpectedly turns out to be true" by "such an engaging storyteller that we willingly submit, believing the impossible." (The New York Times Book Review) A "combination show more of inspired tenderness and brilliant technique... it reads as if it were written by a very witty angel." (The Boston Herald) show lessTags
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- 1984
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