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The Happy Ant-Heap - And Other Pieces - cover

The Happy Ant-Heap - And Other Pieces

Norman Lewis

Publisher: Open Road Media

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Summary

Experience the far reaches of the world in this eclectic collection of travel essays by acclaimed writer Norman LewisThe Happy Ant-Heap is Norman Lewis’s powerful and stylish collection of decades’ worth of travel writing. Lewis’s deft social commentary captures life from all corners of the world—from the tales of a Cuban fighter pilot to the courtroom trial of the all-powerful Sicilian Mafia, and from oyster divers in Yemen to a flirtation with a possible murderess in Greece. Featuring some of his most remarkable adventures, The Happy Ant-Heap is a whirlwind tour around the globe from a writer at the pinnacle of his craft.
Available since: 07/30/2013.
Print length: 196 pages.

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