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Travesty

by John Hawkes · 1976

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Hawkes, Travesty. John Hawkes' most extreme vision of eroticism and comic terror.

Setting
1970s1970sMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of thisEuropeEuropeMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 132 pages

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