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This Census-Taker

This Census-Taker

Penned By China Miéville
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This Census-Taker

This Census-Taker

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For readers of George Saunders, Kelly Link, and Karen Russell, This Census Taker is the poignant and uncanny new novella from award-winning and bestselling author China Miéville. After witnessing a profoundly traumatic event, a boy is left alone in a remote house on a hilltop with his increasingly deranged parent. When a stranger knocks on his door, the boy senses that his days of isolation are over—but by what authority does this man keep the meticulous records he carries? Is he the boy’s friend? His enemy? Or something altogether other?

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Length 210 Pages
Language Eng
Released January 5, 2016
Identifier (ISBN) 25489159
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