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Author:
Russell Hoban
Year: 1983
Jacket design and illustration: Fred Marcellino
Publisher: Summit Books
Edition: First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780671479275
Comments:
This strange, metaphysical novel details the mental meanderings of a man who is hospitalized for having a “skewed hypotenuse.” In it, words have alternate meanings, and objects talk. The ancient helmet depicted might be the patient’s partner in conversation, or his own portrait.