Camp Concentration: A Novel
Louis Sacchetti is a poet and pacifist imprisoned for refusing to enlist in the war against Third World guerillas. Sacchetti and the other inmates are used in perverse scientific experiments, and Sacchetti is infected with a germ that raises intelligence to incredible heights while causing decay...
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Louis Sacchetti is a poet and pacifist imprisoned for refusing to enlist in the war against Third World guerillas. Sacchetti and the other inmates are used in perverse scientific experiments, and Sacchetti is infected with a germ that raises intelligence to incredible heights while causing decay and death.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780375705458 (0375705457)
ASIN: 0375705457
Publish date: 1999-04-27
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
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