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Name: Homunculus
Author: James P. Blaylock

In 1870s London, a city of contradictions and improbabilities, a dead man pilots an airship and living men are willing to risk all to steal a carp. Here, a night of bangers and ale at the local pub can result in an eternity at the Blood Pudding with the rest of the reanimated dead.

First publish date: 1986

Authors: James P. Blaylock

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