โ Scribed by Chesbro, George C
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Comments from George C. Chesbro
I have always loved water, and a dream had come true for me. I had moved to Nyack-on-the-Hudson and found myself living in a house, complete with beach, on the Hudson River. I had a tremendous desire to incorporate my new surroundings into a novel. Combining that desire with my lifelong detestation of people who twist words out of shape in order to tell bigger and better lies resulted in The Language of Cannibals.
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Cairn is a pretty little town on the Hudson River a few miles north of New York City. Long a haunt of artists, writers, and intellectuals, Cairn has lately been discovered as prime real estate by such men as Elysius Culhane, the hard-line conservative media superstar.
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With Culhane came his brain trust and assorted toadies---and shortly afterward, a crew of mysterious vigilantes dedicated to wiping out suspected drug dealers, sexual deviants, and communists through the use of violence and terror.
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Dr. Robert Frederickson ("Mongo" to his friends) arrives in Cairn to ask a few questions about the recent "accidental" death of his friend, FBI man Michael Burana. He meets Police Chief Mosely---a man firmly in the pocket of Culhane---and Mary Tree, a 1960s folk singer who now runs Cairn's pacifist Community of Conciliation. The facts the provide to Mongo point to murder.
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Now running a full-fledged investigation of his friend's death, Mongo stirs the vigilante death squad---or is it someone working independently?---into new and deadly action. The shadowy, murderous powers lurking within the town of Cairn bring the ultimate challenge to the redoubtable dwarf sleuth's personal philosophy and detective skills.
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---From the dustjacket of the Mysterious Press edition
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