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Linus Baker has spent his entire life believing he is unremarkable. Arthur Parnassus has spent his entire life believing he is a monster. In each other, they find a third option: a human being.

At the start of the novel, Linus Baker and Arthur Parnassus represent two very different ways of dealing with a world that fears "the other".

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