East of Laughter

East of Laughter
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Publisher : Hachette UK
Total Pages : 156
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ISBN-10 : 9781473213616
ISBN-13 : 1473213614
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Book Synopsis East of Laughter by : R. A. Lafferty

Download or read book East of Laughter written by R. A. Lafferty and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2016-01-29 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There have always been the Twenty One Pillars of Rectitude who sustain the World: Seven Saints to insure the sanity of the world; Seven Technicians to insure its correct mechanical working; and Seven Scribbling Giants to write its scenarios and histories. The Saints and Technicians were always in plentiful supply. But not so the Scribbling Giants. So when Atrox Fabulinus, the greatest of the Scribbling Giants, was most foully murdered with his own nine-foot-long goose feather quill, the World staggered with the collapse of its most sustaining pillar. Then the remaining Scribbling Giants (all of them very old and tired) cried out for replacements so they could go to their restful deaths. This is the story of how the World, at the uneven changing of its supporting pillars, staggered and reeled. It is also the story of the Group of Twelve, an Group remarkable for its creativity and elegance, and how it set out to sustain the World in its new days of tottering terror. Whether the Group will be successful, indeed whether they have been successful, remains to be answered on the ninth day of the week, east of Laughter.


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