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The minotaur takes a cigarette break steven sherrill. The minotaur takes a cigarette break book by steven sherrill. 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. The minotaur takes a cigarette break and millions of other books are available for instant access. He also depicted a minotaur in his 1933 etching minotaur kneeling over sleeping girl and in his 1935 etching minotauromachy. The entire book takes place in a span of less than three weeks in the minotaurs neverending life.
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