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    And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks

    And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks

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    Category - Fiction / Suspense & Thrillers

    Format - Paperback

    Condition - Excellent

    Listed - A year ago

    Views - 10

    Wishes - 5

    Ships From - Illinois

    Est. Publication Date - Oct 2009

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    A fictional account of the 1944 murder of David Kammerer by Lucien Carr, a friend of William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, features the two authors writing in alternating voices from the perspectives...

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