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NB This is a new edition of the last 100-page puzzle in Torquemada's 1934 "The Torquemada Puzzle Book"

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This Side of Paradise Jean Echenoz a place where the lastAmory Blaine, intent on rebelling against his staid, Midwestern upbringing, longs to acquire the patina of Eastern sophistication. In his quest for sexual and intellectual enlightenment, he progresses through a series of relationships, until he is cast out into the real world.