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Gulliver’s Travels meets The Underground Railroad: a road trip through the countryside – and the psyche – by the author of Fifteen Dogs. Botanist Alfred Homer, ever hopeful and constantly surprised, is invited on a road trip by his parents’ friend, Professor Morgan Bruno, who wants company as he tries to unearth the story of the mysterious poet John Skennen. But this is no ordinary road trip. Alfred and the Professor encounter towns where Black residents speak only in sign language and towns that hold Indigenous Parades; it is a land of house burnings, werewolves, and witches. Complete with…
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3 editions- Paperback · English · 2019Coach House Books · 224 pages · 9781552453797
- Other · English · 2019Coach House Books · 165 pages · 9781552453889
- Other · English · 2019Coach House Books · 224 pages · 9781770565807
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