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281 pages • first pub 2001 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781843431510
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Harvill Press
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
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On a stormy night in 1813, a doctor is called to the aid of two prostitutes in childbirth. To one is born a healthy girl, Henriette, to the other, what can only be described as a monster: a boy, Hercule, deaf-mute and hideously deformed, and with ...
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281 pages • first pub 2001 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781843431510
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Harvill Press
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
On a stormy night in 1813, a doctor is called to the aid of two prostitutes in childbirth. To one is born a healthy girl, Henriette, to the other, what can only be described as a monster: a boy, Hercule, deaf-mute and hideously deformed, and with ...