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Synopsis An updating of Goethe's "Faust", in which Dr. Faustus gains information that was unimaginable in Goethe's day, and sets out to industrialize Europe centuries before its rightful time.
| Size | | Length: | 337 pages | | Height: | 9.8 in | | Width: | 7.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 24.0 oz |
Industry Reviews "A vivid and energetic reworking, set forth with all Swanwick's considerable skill." Berkowitz
"Intriguing and unsettling....this contemporary update of a classic story, by the end, becomes a comment on our culture's terror of those feelings and sensations not ruled by the intellect." Holt
"['Jack Faust' is] a powerful, thoughtful novel that is certainly a novel of our time." Mehta
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