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Shane Jone’s

imaginative and surreal

fable about communication

and memory

and trust

comes complete

with furry walls,

smoking cats,

hundreds of foxes,

expensive revolvers,

a green mustache,

and plenty more

in a little over

100 pages.

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[Interior illustrations courtesy of Chris Pell]

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