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His debut novel, the minotaur takes a cigarette break, was published in the uk and translated into eight languages. By purchasing books through this website, you support our nonprofit organization. The minotaur, the halfman, halfbull supposedly slain by theseus in the labyrinth, is actually working as a cook at grubs rib in a small town in north carolina. Here you can download all books for free in pdf or epub format. Books similar to the minotaur takes a cigarette break. The minotaur takes a cigarette break plot summary imdb. He lives in a mobile home haphazardly furnished by the longdead wife of his landlord, one dilapidated trailer among five laid out end. As the reader might expect, the course of interspecies love never does run smooth. Five thousand years out of the labyrinth, the minotaur finds himself in the american south, living in a trailer park and working as a line cook at a steakhouse.
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If the main character of this book was not the minotaur of legend yes, it is the actual minotaur, he would be a character not many would write a book around. Five thousand years on and the minotaur, or m as he is known to his colleagues, is working as a line chef at grubs rib in the american deep south. Buy the minotaur takes a cigarette break canons main by sherrill, steven isbn. Steven sherrill five thousand years on and the minotaur, or m as he is known to his colleagues, is working as a line chef at grubs rib in the american deep south.