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Peter jacksons london is stranger than fiction bear alley books. In 1948, the london evening news was looking for a cartoon strip about the curiosities of. London is stranger than fiction by jackson, peter, 1951, associated newspapers edition, in. All nominations here were for the series, rather than an individual title. This delightful book contains 164 strips that originally a. The science museum s media space, launched last year, hosts the first major uk exhibition by catalan artist joan fontcuberta this summer.
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