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The apocryphal story of the black swine is taken by Boyle ( Only the Dead Know Brooklyn ) as a metaphor for the irrational elements that so terrified Victorian orthodoxy. A feature of the mid-Victorian era was the so-called "sensation" novel, including some Dickens but mostly Wilkie Collins... read more
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- Thomas Boyle (Author)
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Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0670813249
Page Count: 288
Publisher: Viking
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0670813249
Page Count: 288
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- Dewey: 823.809355
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