Jonathan Cape, London, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. When a witch doctor appears on the Marquis de Casalduero's doorstep prophesizing a plague of rabies in their Colombian seaport, he dismisses her claims - until he hears that his young daughter, Sierva Maria, was one of four people bitten by a rabid dog, and the only one to survive. Sierva Maria appears completely unscathed - but as rumours of the plague spread, the Marquis and his wife wonder at her continuing good health. In a town consumed by superstition, it's not long before they, and everyone else, put her survival down to a demonic possession and begin to see her supernatural powers as the cause of the town's woes. Only the young priest charged with exorcising the evil spirit recognizes the girl's sanity, but can he convince the town that it's not her that needs healing? Size: 180mm - 250mm. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket has some shelf-wear, a few marks as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 0224040251. ISBN/EAN: 9780224040259. Inventory No: 50273. . 9780224040259

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Of Love and Other Demons is a novel by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez, first published in 1994. In the prologue, Garcia Marquez claims the novel is the fictional representation of a legend the author was told by his Grandmother as a child; of a 12 year-old girl who contracts rabies but was believed to be a 'miracle-worker', with long flowing copper hair that continues to grow after death.

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Bookseller: Bong Bong Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 50273
Title: Of Love & Other Demons
Author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0224040251
ISBN 13: 9780224040259
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1995
Keywords: BZDB3 Fiction; Unbranded ISBN: 0224040251 EAN: 9780224040259 Gabriel Garcia Marquez Of Love & Other Demons

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