The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz
by HOBAN,RUSSELL
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- Hardcover
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A magical fantasy by one of Britain's finest writers in any genre.In a not-so-distant future when lions are extinct Jachin-Boaz, a middle-aged mapmaker, leaves home with the wonderful map that was to tell his son where to find everything. In the ruins of a palace at Nineveh his son Boaz-Jachin finds the wall-carving of a great lion dying on the spear of an ancient king. In a series of rituals he evokes the long-dead lion and sends him out to stalk his father. Then he follows on the lion's track.
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- Title
- The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz
- Author
- HOBAN,RUSSELL
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- jonathan cape london 1973
- Keywords
- modern first edition literature russell hoban
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