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A World Elsewhere by Wayne Johnston
In today's Biblio-file, Priscila Uppal discusses Wayne Johnson's newest novel, A World Elsewhere, the story of an eccentric millionaire who constructs a bizarre mansion complex called Vanderland, away from the cares and chaos of American society at the end of the 19th century.
(Hardcover, Knopf Canada, 2011, $32.00)
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