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FUENTES, CARLOS - Christopher Unborn

London, Andre Deutsch. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0233980164). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine clean, tight and unmarked copy with dustjacket which is not price clipped. xi + 531 pages. Translated from the Spanish by Alfred Macadam and the author. Mexico is where the story takes place - the framework : attempting to appease a desperate populace by keeping it amused, the Mexican government of 1992 forcefeeds it with 'media events', one of them a huge prize offered for the first baby to be born on the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's landfall in the New World. Christopher's father Angel begets him on his mother Angeles exactly nine months before the anniversary. It is the foetus who then tells us what happens during those months. The tenth novel by one of the best known authors in the Spanish speaking world. A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.01 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 15. Near Fine/Very Good.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 US$ 12.71 | JP¥ 1979] Booknumber: 007283

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