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The Jacket (The Star-Rover)
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Jack London's novel follows a prisoner in solitary confinement who, while bound in a torture straitjacket, learns to escape his body and relive a series of past lives. It suits readers interested in early speculative fiction, prison narratives, and London's later philosophical work.
Jack London
John Griffith London, better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing.
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