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Job : a comedy of justice

by Robert A. Heinlein

Following a firewalking ritual in Polynesia, a minister is displaced into a series of alternative realities where his identity and surroundings shift unpredictably. Accompanied by a stewardess, he navigates these universes while considering the possibility of divine manipulation.

Accession 15578 ISBN 0450058409 Publisher New English Library
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