The lizard's smile / João Ubaldo Ribeiro ; translated from the Portuguese by Clifford E. Landers
| Author(s): | Ribeiro, João Ubaldo, 1941- |
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| Subjects: | Biologists--Fiction Genetic engineering--Fiction Salvador (Brazil)--Fiction |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English, Portuguese (translated from) |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | New York : Atheneum ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, 1994 |
| LC Classification: | P, PQ |
| Alternate Title(s): | Sorriso do lagarto. |
| Additional Authors: | Landers, Clifford E |
| Notes: | LCCN: 93038774 ISBN: 0689121253 :$21.00 ($27.50 Can.) ISBN: 0689121911 Summary: A funny novel on a serious subject: the hazards of genetic engineering. Set in Bahia, Brazil, the protagonists are the much-younger wife of an aging state secretary of health, her biologist lover, plus some nasty people engaged in creating monstrous hybrids by crossing humans with monkeys |
| Physical Description: | 355 p. ; 25 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 29224629 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0689121253 0689121911 |