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Ive read raising stony mayhall and the devils alphabet, both of which i liked. As a teen, paxton martin left the town of switchcreek, tenn. It is a work of total spiritual insanity, intended to completely disrupt reality in. Engaging sophomore effort from the author of pandemonium 2008 paints a highly original portrait of a town irrevocably changed by a bizarre disease after a long absence, pax martin returns to switchcreek, tenn. The into the wild quotes below all refer to the symbol of devils thumb. Daryl gregory s first novel, pandemonium, was published in 2008 and won the 2009 crawford award, given each year by critics and scholars of the fantasy field to an oustanding new fantasy writer whose first book was published the previous year.
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