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Louse

By Grand, David

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In the penthouse of a casino high above America's vast desert, an eccentric Howard Hughes-like mogul, Herbert Horatio "Poppy" Blackwell, has created an insulated world of maids and footmen, physicians, accountants, and engineers - all catering to his nostalgic dreams and paralyzing fear of infection. Herman Q. Louse is Poppy's valet, unwilling confidant, and unlikely protector. As Louse performs his intricately ritualized and increasingly bizarre duties, he discovers that Poppy's carefully constructed paradise is poisoned by a conspiracy that threatens to destroy it - while giving Louse the opportunity to meet the man he once was.

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ISBN
978-1-55970-449-6
Publisher
New York : Arcade Pub. : c1998.


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Reviewed on September 1, 1998

Hubert Horatio Blackwell is a Howard Hughes-like figure, tended in his decline by seemingly innumerable and faceless staff in the gambling "resort town of G." Among those charged with keeping his surroundings germ-free is Herman Q. Louse, a kind of indentured servant. Blackwell, or "Poppy," as Louse affectionately calls him, is about to experience a rude change in circ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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