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The Devil is Dead
Published 1971 by Avon Books · 224 pages
Nebula · 1972
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R. A. Lafferty on these ballots
4 award entries · 3 books · 0 wins · 1969–1972
Synopsis
Finnegan, a man struggling with amnesia, joins the eccentric millionaire Saxon X. Seaworthy on a bizarre transatlantic voyage aboard the ship Brunhilde, encountering mermaids, demons, and the ominous Papadiabolous along the way. Lafferty spins a wild, mythologically rich tale of good and evil where death is not always permanent and the Devil himself may be among the passengers.
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