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LouseDavid Grand

Louse

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In the penthouse of a casino high above America's vast desert, an eccentric Howard Hughes-like mogul, Herbert Horatio "Poppy" Blackwell, has created an insulated world of maids and footmen, physicians, accountants, and engineers - all catering to his nostalgic dreams and paralyzing fear of infection. Herman Q. Louse is Poppy's valet, unwilling confidant, and unlikely protector. As Louse performs his intricately ritualized and increasingly bizarre duties, he discovers that Poppy's carefully constructed paradise is poisoned by a conspiracy that threatens to destroy it - while giving Louse the…

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3 editions · 2 languages
  • Other · English · 2000
    Harvest Books · 272 pages · 9780156009003
  • Other · English · 1998
    Arcade Pub. · 255 pages · 9781559704496
  • Paperback · German · 2002
    Berliner Taschenbuchverlag · 304 pages · 9783442760602
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