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    The Jade Boy: A Novel
    The Jade Boy: A Novel
    The Jade Boy: A Novel
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    The Jade Boy: A Novel

    By Yun Rou

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    Gears grind creakily and the head stirs. Two crusted eyelids flutter open. "Mother?" it says. Yang is a sentient boy made of jade and gold by an inventor at the court of Kublai Khan, and Teg Elliot discovers its disembodied head in the belongings of her just-deceased billionaire father in New York. Using his voice for the first time in 800 years

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEarnshaw Books Ltd
    Release dateOct 25, 2022
    ISBN9789888769704
    The Jade Boy: A Novel

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