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Cabbage and kings

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Cabbage and kings
9.99 €
The only large-format work of the genius of stories O. Henry - a small in volume, but very rich in plot and full of fast-paced action, fun humor and sarcastic satire, mischievous novel "Kings and Cabbage. In a small Latin American "banana republic" Anchuria shock and dismay - President Miraflores ran away with the American singer Miss Gilbert, not forgetting to shave, for disguise, his well-known riotous beard and take with him a huge amount of public money. The American businessman Goodwin boldly sets out to find the fugitive embezzler, who has decided to suck up to the new government in this way. So begins a mad intrigue, which involves conservatives and liberals, revolutionaries and smugglers, adventurers of all stripes, vivacious beauties, a mysterious American detective and even the savvy entrepreneurs who decided to open the first shoe store in barefoot Anchuria... In addition to "Kings and Cabbages", the collection also includes stories from various cycles of O. Henry. Henry - kind, funny and mischievous, mostly devoted to the vicissitudes of love and marriage and the difficulties of survival in the metropolis and rural wilderness.
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