A Cure for Cancer is a novel by British fantasy and science fiction writer Michael Moorcock . It is part of his long running Jerry Cornelius series .
The second novel of the sequence, , is essentially a collage of absurdist vignettes, many of which first appeared in an eclectic range British and American magazines.
The lurid blurb of the original edition sets the scene in graphic terms "Up from the ocean depths comes the jet-black caucasian trans...
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A Cure for Cancer is a novel by British fantasy and science fiction writer Michael Moorcock . It is part of his long running Jerry Cornelius series .
The second novel of the sequence, , is essentially a collage of absurdist vignettes, many of which first appeared in an eclectic range British and American magazines.
The lurid blurb of the original edition sets the scene in graphic terms "Up from the ocean depths comes the jet-black caucasian transvestite champion. Resplendant in warpaint, wampum beads and silk suit by Cardin, armed only with a tomahawk and vibragun, he returns to the napalmed ruins of London to resurrect his sister and wrest from the disgusting Bishop Beesley and his formidable henchwomen the black box which has diffracted the cosmos and set the world spinning at super-speed towards its own final solution. Lock up your daughters, hide your stash, keep to the shadows."
Jerry inhabits a world at war with itself and, armed only with an occasional 'vibragun' appears to...
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