![]() ![]() After all, to know a name is not to know the person. But when one day he comes across the birth certificate of an anonymous young woman, he decides that this cannot have been mere chance, he has to discover more about her. In the evenings, and on weekends, he works on bringing up to date his clipping file of the famous, the rising stars, the notorious. ![]() A middle-aged bachelor, he has no interest in anything beyond the certificates of birth, marriage, divorce, and death that are his daily preoccupations. "Senhor José is a low-grade clerk in the city's Central Registry, where the living and the dead share the same shelf space. An excellent, collector's-quality copy with an elusive signature. SIGNED by the Nobel Laureate - without further inscription - on the title-page. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is as new the original price is intact. The textblock is immaculate no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. There is a mild bump to the head of the spine, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. ![]()
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