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The road to Mars / Eric Idle

by Eric Idle

Set in the 22nd century, this comic novel follows two comedians and a robot on a solar system vaudeville circuit. The group becomes entangled in a murder mystery and a terrorist plot alongside a budding romance.

Accession 18734 ISBN 0752224190 Publisher MacMillan
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