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The devil's mode

by Anthony Burgess

MysteryClassics

1989

In this collection of short stories, the reader encounters Shakespeare, on tour in Spain in discussion with Cervantes; Attila the Hun preparing to devastate Rome; Debussy visiting the Rosetti's and meeting Mallarme; Sherlock Holmes solving a symphonic crime and much more.

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