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The Collector Collector

by Tibor Fischer · 1997

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To a small flat in South London comes a Sumerian bowl: but the bowl is the Collector Collector, clay with something to say, an object d'artwho will offer Rosa, its owner, vast swathes of unrecorded history from the last 5, 000 years. Meanwhile, Rosa tries to centre her life and settle the disturbances caused by an uninvited guest, Nikki.

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1001 Nightsmeets the inner city, The Collector Collectoris a comic masterpiece and unquestionably the finest novel ever narrated by a bowl.

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 215 pages

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