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Manuel Pereira, the dictator of the state of Teresina in Brazil, develops agoraphobia the day a fortune-teller predicts he will be killed by an angry mob. He decides to hire a double to stand in. But, he is astonished to discover that his stand-in doesn't look anything like him and reacts in a way that can only precipitate his meeting with Fate.
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9780099470236 | Vintage Uk, August 2, 2007, cover price $12.35 | About this edition: Manuel Pereira, the dictator of the state of Teresina in Brazil, develops agoraphobia the day a fortune-teller predicts he will be killed by an angry mob.
Emile is in a cemetery, designing his own tomb. In a postbox by the gate, he discovers an envelope addressed to a Mlle Veronique Champourcieux. He is puzzled, but, he purchases a stamp and posts the letter. When the body of this same Mlle Veronique is later discovered, Commissaire Laviolette has to solve one of the most bizarre crimes imaginable.
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9780099470199 | New edition (Vintage Uk, July 5, 2007), cover price $14.40 | About this edition: Emile is in a cemetery, designing his own tomb.
Hardcover:
9780786267279 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, August 2, 2004), cover price $30.95
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9781401359614 | Reprint edition (Miramax, March 23, 2005), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The widow of the former Shah of Iran describes her courtship and loving marriage, her luxurious life at court, the world of Iran under the rule of the Shah, her encounters with world leaders, the rise of fundamentalism, the revolution that overthrew the Shah in 1979, the death of her husband, and her and her children's exile from Iran.
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9780522850666 | Melbourne Univ Pr, April 1, 2004, cover price $31.95 | About this edition: This memoir of Céleste de Chabrillan, former Parisian courtesan, circus performer, dancer, and wife of the French consul, offers a firsthand account of the years she spent in gold rush Victoria during the middle of the 19th century.
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9780812970869 | Reprint edition (Random House Inc, February 1, 2004), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: A compelling analysis of the artist's final painting presents a close-up look at Delacroix's masterpiece, discussing the artist's life, philosophy, religion, and art and revisiting the diverses locales around Paris that may have inspired the masterwork.
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9781860469787 | Random House Uk Ltd, October 1, 2002, cover price $29.99 | About this edition: After avenging the murder of his family, the enigmatic Sâeraphin Monge vanishes and is believed to have died in an avalanche, but sightings of him in his small town have the villagers questioning if he is indeed dead or alive.
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9780522847758 | Melbourne Univ Pr, July 1, 1998, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: A former Parisian courtesan, bare-back-rider, and polka dancer, Céleste de Chabrillan scandalized Melbourne when she arrived in 1854.
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9780898598438 | 1 edition (Psychology Pr, September 1, 1986), cover price $35.00 | About this edition: First published in 1986.
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