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A president has been overthrown by a military coup in a nameless country in an unspecified era. The president’s barber, chef, and portraitist are imprisoned, with many others, in a remote palace in the hills high above the city center. Before the coup, these three men worked with unquestioning... read more

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First Sentence

He came every two months for a sitting.

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  1. Ceridwen Dovey (Author)

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