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The superlative manHerbert Thomas

The superlative man

1997252 pages
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The Superlative Man soars overhead, coming to the rescue of people in danger. The tabloids splash his every exploit across the front pages. The entire metropolis is in awe of him - except for Harvey Gander, whose parents died in a freak automobile accident caused by the Superlative Man as he was dashing off to another adventure. Gander is a lonesome cub reporter for the Metropolitan Meteor, and when he is assigned a story about people saved by the Superlative Man, he stumbles on a conspiracy to expose the hero as a fake. The stakes are raised when two heavies threaten him just for…

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2 editions
  • Other · English · 2004
    Farrar Straus Giroux · 256 pages · 9780374529987
  • Other · English · 1997
    Farrar, Straus, and Giroux · 248 pages · 9780374272098
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