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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Farrar Straus & Giroux
Publication date May 1, 2001
Pages 436
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780374114053
ISBN-10 0374114056
Dimensions 1.50 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight 1.35 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Published in Great Britain
Original list price $25.00
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
In a richly textured and entertaining novel set in the year 2022, Carme Risk relives the adventures she had with her not quite human father as she pursues him through two worlds and three changes of identity and encounters a bold cast of characters, from a sexually ferocious therapist to a frail billionaire searching for eternal life. 12,500 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
A fabulous, richly peopled, otherworldly tale

Black Oxen is the story of Carme Risk's pursuit of her beautiful and not quite human father through two worlds and three changes of identity.In her forties, in the year 2022, Risk has entered narrative therapy. Her memories and her father's journal take her from the Eden of her earliest childhood to dusty, poor Lequama, a Latin American country, where she and her father become involved with the slightly mad young leaders of a recent revolution and where everyone seems to practice black magic. And, finally, to life in northern California, where Risk, still in thrall to her elusive father, is now the widow of Lequama's most notorious torturer.

Black Oxen features romantic intrigue, machete murders, battles, and bacchanals. Full of unforgettable characters -- from an unusually lucky Taoscal chief, to a sexually ferocious therapist, to a frail billionaire who wants to live forever -- it is a deliciously entertaining and beautifully written novel.


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Hardcover
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from Farrar Straus & Giroux (May 1, 2001)
9780374114053 | details & prices | 436 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.50 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $25.00
About: In a story set in the year 2022, Carme Risk relives the adventures she had with her not-quite-human father as she pursues him through two worlds and three changes of identity.
Paperback
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from Vintage Uk (March 2, 2009)
9780099541950 | details & prices | 448 pages | List price $14.80
About: A fabulous and richly peopled otherworldly tale with echoes of Borges and Marquez, "Black Oxen" is the story of Carme Risk's pursuit of her beautiful and not quite human father through two worlds and three changes of identity.

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