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A funny, clever and unusual novel – a love story in which all the events, people and places are taken from the contents of the 1 November 1993 issue of The Times newspaper. Every object, item of clothing, shop, book, colour or weather system in Damascus can be found in the one newspaper, as can the scores in sports events and the occupations of passersby – all brought together by Richard Beard’s crisp and witty storytelling.
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‘Elegant, witty and confident’
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- PublisherFlamingo
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0006497918
- ISBN 13 9780006497912
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
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Damascus
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(1999)
ISBN 10: 0006497918
ISBN 13: 9780006497912
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First Thus-First Printing full number line 9-1. It's 2003 and the country is divided evenly for and against the Iraq War. Damascus, a dive bar in San Francisco's Mission District, becomes the unlikely setting for a showdown between the opposing sides. Tensions come to a boil when Owen, the bar's proprietor who has recently taken to wearing a Santa suit full-time, agrees to host the joint's first (and only) art show by Sylvia Suture, an ambitious young artist who longs to take her act to the dramatic precipice of the high-wire by nailing live fish to the walls as a political statement. Damascus is the place where confusion and frustration run out of room to hide. By gracefully tackling such complicated topics as cancer, Iraq, and issues of self-esteem, Joshua Mohr has painted his most accomplished novel yet. Seller Inventory # 003328
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