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The magnificent Wilf / Gordon R. Dickson

A diplomat and a linguist travel the galaxy to represent Earth and secure its status as an independent, civilised world. The mission is complicated by the possibility that the linguist is a Wilf, an identity that could jeopardise Earth's acceptance.
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