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The Games Were Coming

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  • In Michael Anthony

    His first novel, The Games Were Coming (1963), is the story of Leon, an ascetic young bicyclist who neglects the annual carnival in order to train for an upcoming race. Written in first-person narrative, The Year in San Fernando (1965; rev. ed. 1970) describes the maturation of Francis,…

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