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The spruiker's tale / Catherine Rey ; translated from the French by Andrew Riemer.
- Title
- The spruiker's tale / Catherine Rey ; translated from the French by Andrew Riemer.
- Author
- Rey, Catherine, 1956-
- Publication
- Artarmon, N.S.W. : Giramondo Publishing, 2005.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PQ2678.E84 C413 2005x | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Riemer, A. P.
- Description
- 249 p.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- In a run-down shack in a god-forsaken town, on the edge of the Gibson Desert an old circus family has come to rest. Tarcisius the 100-year old father, once ringmaster of the Queen Pigmy Circus, lies dying on the verandah. The vindictive marriarch Magnolita Rosaria, famous in her youth as Soto the Flying Lady, and now so fat she cannot walk, rules their three sons. The oldest is a soldier, an arsonist and murderer, the second a hell-fire preacher, a lecher and thief. The third has a daughter, Trinity, who inherits Magnolita Rosaria's skills as an acrobat and sets the circus world alight. Her grandmother's hatred knows no bounds ...
- Uniform Title
- Ce que racontait Jones. English
- Alternative Title
- Ce que racontait Jones.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Fiction
- Note
- "First published under the title Ce que racontait Jones by Editions Phebus, Paris, 2003"--t.p. verso.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 1920882073
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library