Tales From Gavagan's Bar (Expanded edition)
β Scribed by De Camp, Sprague L; Pratt, Fletcher
- Book ID
- 107909634
- Publisher
- Orion
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 152 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781625792303
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
The Weirdest Drinking Establishment in the Universe Gavagan's Bar - presided over by Mr. Aloysius P. Cohan, bartender. Where you will meet such not-so-regular customers as: Councilman Maguire, who brought his own leprechaun with him from Ireland. Mrs. Vacarescu and her husband Putzi, the were-dachshund. Mr. Murdoch, who borrowed a very small dragon to rid his apartment of mice and lost it. and assorted witches, magicians, devils, dryads, and the occasional demigod.
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