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    The Ocean Container
    The Ocean Container
    The Ocean Container
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    The Ocean Container

    By Patrik Sampler

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    In this surreal and lyric debut novel, an environmentalist accused by a North American petro-state of “economic terrorism” takes refuge in a compound for vagrants. Surrounded by a variety of social and political outcasts—dubious charity providers, a spiritual healer, a man with two right eyes, contraband exotic species, and a t

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNinebark Press
    Release dateJun 16, 2017
    ISBN9780979132056
    The Ocean Container
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    Patrik Sampler

    Canadian author Patrik Sampler's fiction and non-fiction have appeared in The Guardian, Marco Polo, and other publications. A contributing editor for the surrealist magazine Peculiar Mormyrid, he can be found online at patriksampler.com.

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