"Approximately half of the pieces in this collection were previously published in the collection Contes liquides ... 2012."--Title page verso. "At dawn on January 13, 1923, Jack Bluther, condemned to death by hanging for the murder of thirteen people (including his landlady) was allowed a last request. He asked to learn Mandarin, and was hanged twenty years later, finally speaking the language fluently, though his accent could have used a little more work."--Back cover. Anecdotes.
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