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    Genesis Ii: An Allegorical Satire
    Genesis Ii: An Allegorical Satire
    Genesis Ii: An Allegorical Satire
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    Genesis Ii: An Allegorical Satire

    By Oscar Muscariello

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    LET THERE BE BORN the gargantuan ogre who will smash convention with his bone-ridged brow.
    Let him stand beating hairy-fisted chest. He is the prototype of things to come. Let him twist steel into shapes, which will take on meaning later.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateJan 4, 2010
    ISBN9781462808731
    Genesis Ii: An Allegorical Satire

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