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Antihero Richard Pike is a professional killer and insufferable snob who finds female malignos sexually irresistible, and has shacked up with Gala, one of the few who lives above ground. He loves her so much that he rents out her body and lives on the earnings. Then Gala's past catches up, and to rescue her from drug-induced mindlessness Pike faces a literal journey to the centre of the earth. The path descends through exotic wonders: a freak show of caged humans, flying swarms of hungry child malignos, awesome cities and seas, shadow-beings and chimeras, a descent through the maelstrom to a tropical Torrid Zone, semi-magical tricks with space and gravity whose secret is long lost--and at the core the city or world of Pandemonium, where all answers await.
Pike suffers considerably, usually through his own folly: pursuing sexily demonic girls leads him into traps, and he's repeatedly told (often comically, and sometimes by himself) what a bastard he is. He betters himself a little, though, and carries his underworld quest to an unexpected end. Calder's darkly poetic imagination and rich landscape-building make for enjoyable reading. --David Langford
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Book Description Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Bien. Dust Jacket Condition: Bien. Seller Inventory # 005772
Book Description Condition: Bueno. Richard Calder, . Ediciones GigameshTapa blanda, 15x22 cms, 256 páginasMateria: Literatura en lengua inglesa. Novela y cuento., traducido del: Inglés. EAN: 9788493225087 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Título: MalignosAutor: Calder, Richard Editorial: Ediciones Gigamesh Formato: Libro de bolsillo. Seller Inventory # Happ-2023-12-14-bdbc5c36
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