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Manhattan heiress Maria Fishburn returns from a vacation in the South Sea islands with a new fiance, Mgungu Yabba Mgungu, a former cannibal who becomes the toast of Manhattan
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"Laugh out loud ... funny and wonderfully sharp" -- Wahington Post
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Tama Janowitz is the acclaimed author of SLAVES OF NEW YORK and A CERTAIN AGE, both published by Bloomsbury. She lives in New York.
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- Publication date1989
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. New - Unread - 1St Edition - Vintage - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Cover. For More Information On Condition. - Please See All Photos. - Mgungu Yabba Mgungu Is Living Happily On The South Sea Island Of New Burnt Norton With His Three Wives, One Hundred Pigs And Assorted Children, The Last Remaining Members Of The Tribe Of The Lesser Pimbas. Into This Uncivilised Land Comes Maria Fishburn, Strange And Beautiful Heiress, Who Decides To Marry Mgungu And Drag Him Back To New York City. From His First Encounter With Airline Food And With Rock Star Kent Gable, Who Declares He Was Recently Abducted By Aliens, Mgungu Is Plunged Into A World Much More Predatory Than Anything In The South Seas. Soon Mgungu Is The Toast Of All Manhattan, Meeting Parker Junius, Unctuous Curator Of The Museum Of Primitive Arts, Talking Philosophy With Sophie Tuckerman, Deli Owner, And Meeting The Illustrious Joey, Of Pizza Parlour Fame. It Is Swathed In A Huge Fur Coat And With His New Gold Pen Through His Nose That Mgungu Finally Marries Maria. But Then He Falls In With A Motley Crew Who Come To Threaten Them Both. Seller Inventory # 004278
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Tight, clean and unmarked-First Edition-First Printing with full number line-" Mgungu Yabba Mgungu is living happily on the South Sea island of New Burnt Norton with his three wives, one hundred pigs and assorted children, the last remaining members of the tribe of the Lesser Pimbas. Into this uncivilized land comes Maria Fishburn, strange and beautiful heiress, who decides to marry Mgungu and drag him back to New York City. From his first encounter with airline food and with rock star Kent Gable, who declares he was recently abducted by aliens, Mgungu is plunged into a world much more predatory than anything in the South Seas. Soon Mgungu is the toast of all Manhattan, meeting Parker Junius, unctuous curator of the Museum of Primitive Arts, talking philosophy with Sophie Tuckerman, deli owner, and meeting the illustrious Joey, of pizza parlor fame. It is swathed in a huge fur coat and with his new gold pen through his nose that Mgungu finally marries Maria. But then he falls in with a motley crew who come to threaten them both.". Seller Inventory # 017559
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