Farnsworth, the District Health Officer, was a man so grudging in what he asked of life that every win was a loss; yet he was not without a certain plodding persistence of effort and effectiveness in his limited area.
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Cities of the Red Night
A Novel
1st Picado edition
by William S. Burroughs
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Clem Snide, a private detective, has to solve a case of ritual murder. In the Gobi Desert 100,000 years ago, a red virus has erupted. And in the 18th century, gay pirates have set up their own republics in South America and are at war with the conquistadors. All three stories are merged at the end in a giant trans-time, trans-space battle.
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Cities of the Red Night: A Novel
May 4, 2001, Picador
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- 1st Picado edition
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Cities of the Red Night
March 1995, Henry Holt & Company
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in English
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Cities of the red night
1982, H. Holt and Co., Holt Paperbacks, Brand: Holt Paperbacks
in English
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