| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource |
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data file rda |
| Note |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Summary |
Playfully literate and strikingly original, an unforgettable debut novel about art, imitation, and obsession. Excitement is rare in the small town of Marumaru, New Zealand. So when a young Maori man arrives on the morning train one day in 1903'announcing the imminent visit of a famous strongman'the entire town turns out to greet him, save one. Colton Kemp, a department store window-dresser, is at home, watching his beloved wife die in premature childbirth. Tormented by grief, he hatches a plan to make his name and thwart his rival, the silent and gifted Carpenter: over the next sixteen years he will raise his newborn twins in secrecy and isolation, to become human mannequins in the world's most lifelike window display. The Mannequin Makers is an adventure-filled and thoroughly delightful yarn, introducing one of international literature's most promising young talents to American audiences. |
| Subject |
City and town life -- New Zealand -- Fiction.
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Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
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New Zealand fiction.
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FICTION / General
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City and town life. (OCoLC)fst00862081
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Interpersonal relations. (OCoLC)fst00977397
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New Zealand fiction. (OCoLC)fst01036791
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New Zealand. (OCoLC)fst01204542
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cliff, Craig, 1983- author. Mannequin makers First U.S. edition. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, 2017 9781571311276 (DLC) 2017000247 |
| ISBN |
9781571319661 (ebook) |
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