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The people of Pie Time are suffering from God’s Finger, a mysterious plague that leaves its victims dead with a big hole through their chests. In each hole is a random consumer product. Mano Medium, a sensitive, young cigarette-factory worker in love, does his part by quitting the factory to…

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1 author picked Mammother as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The novel convey a constantly surprising world, one with a poetic, imagist, and perhaps mythic or unconscious logic yet one that is very emotionally compelling. A beautiful, heartbreaking, funny, poetic novel.

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