Someone comes to town, someone leaves town
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Author
Published
New York : Tor, 2005.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
0765312786
Physical Desc
315 pages ; 22 cm
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Published
New York : Tor, 2005.
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
ISBN
0765312786
UPC
9780765312785
Notes
General Note
"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
Description
Alan is a middle-aged entrepeneur in contemporary Toronto, who has devoted himself to fixing up a house in the bohemian neighborhood of Kensington. This naturally brings him in contact with the house full of students and layabouts next door, including a young woman who, in a moment of stress, reveals to him that she has wings--wings, moreover, which grow back after each attempt to cut them off. Alan understands. He himself has a secret or two. His father is a mountain his mother is a washing machine and among his brothers are a set of Russian nesting dolls. Now two of the three nesting dolls, Edward and Frederick, are on his doorstep--well on their way to starvation, because their innermost member, George, has vanished. It appears that yet another brother, Davey, who Alan and his other siblings killed years ago, may have returned bent on revenge. Under such circumstances it seems only reasonable for Alan to involve himself with a visionary scheme to blanket Toronto with free wireless Internet connectivity, a conspiracy spearheaded by a brilliant technopunk who builds miracles of hardware from parts scavenged from the city's dumpsters. But Alan's past won't leave him alone and Davey is only one of the powers gunning for him and all his friends.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Doctorow, C. (2005). Someone comes to town, someone leaves town . Tor.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Doctorow, Cory. 2005. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town. New York: Tor.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Doctorow, Cory. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town New York: Tor, 2005.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Doctorow, Cory. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Tor, 2005.
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