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The star rover

by Jack London

A death row inmate in San Quentin prison survives solitary confinement and torture by entering a self-induced trance to relive his previous incarnations. The work examines the cruelty of the penal system and the concept of eternal recurrence.

Accession 9365 ISBN 0552102369 Publisher Corgi Books
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