* Philip K. Dick Award Winner * Best of the Year: *Locus, Village Voice, San Francisco Chronicle, Book Magazine* * Nominated for the Impac Award Charley is an athlete. He wants to grow up to be the fastest runner in the world, like his father. He wants to be painted crossing the finishing line, in
The Mount: A Novel
โ Scribed by Carol Emshwiller
- Publisher
- Small Beer Press
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 126 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1931520909
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