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The physiognomy
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The physiognomy

Jeffrey Ford
PhysiognomyFictionFiction, fantasy, contemporaryWell-built city (imaginary place), fictionCley, physiognomist (fictitious character), fictionBelow, drachton (fictitious character), fiction

A man tries to save his love by mutilating her face. The setting is a dictatorship in which people are judged guilty or innocent by their facial features. The man is a government official, the woman a revolutionary.

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