Fiction. "The young stowaray steps on the platform at the Gare de Strasbourg in Paris in late February 1871, wearing short trousers and blue socks, hair punked with natural spikes. His lips and face are ripe, forehead a half-moon echoed in the brows. In photographs the deadpan gaze speaks judgment. The eyes, so clear and cool, reflect a child's rage for justice and a touch of omnipotence. God Jr."--Part 1, "The Blind Angel, Emanations from the Left, or Nobody's Serious When They're Seventeen."
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