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Sci-fi legend Brian Aldiss' dark and compelling story of Siamese twin boys with a third dormant head. Tom and Barry are Siamese twins with a third head growing out of Barry's shoulder. They are plucked from their deprived home by showbiz entrepreneurs and form a rock band, The Bang Bang. But the twins have a violent relationship and jealousies arise over their shared lover. Can a band split up when the singers are permanently joined together?

Product Identifiers

PublisherHodder & Stoughton

ISBN-100550104119

ISBN-139780550104113

eBay Product ID (ePID)77896490

Product Key Features

Number of Pages1584 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameBrewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

Publication Year2010

SubjectDictionaries, Folklore & Mythology

TypeNot Available

Subject AreaRéférence, Social Science

AuthorBrewers Publications Staff

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height2.6 in

Item Weight58 Oz

Item Length9.9 in

Item Width6.7 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number18

LCCN2009-379960

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsBrewer's head-words are so enticing and his definitions so eloquent that it's impossible to stop at one. An addiction may develop., An idiosyncratic adventure, pulling you in and saying: "this is, in fact, not what you were looking for;but it's much more interesting.", Of all the dictionaries in the world [Brewer's] is the most like a treasure-hunt, where one phrase leads to another, and that to a third, and before you know what's happened, it's time for lunch., 'By judicious updating and editing and by dint of its elegant design and printing, this latest edition retains as strong a place in its reference market niche as it ever did; long may that continue.', Of all the dictionaries in the world [ Brewer's ] is the most like a treasure-hunt, where one phrase leads to another, and that to a third, and before you know what's happened, it's time for lunch., An idiosyncratic adventure, pulling you in and saying: "this is, in fact, not what you were looking fâˆ¨but it's much more interesting.", An idiosyncratic adventure, pulling you in and saying: "this is, in fact, not what you were looking for; but it's much more interesting ."

Target AudienceTrade

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal423

Lc Classification NumberPn43.B65 2009