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Tony The character of Barlebooth travels the world for 20 years, painting watercolour pictures of ports. He sends these back to France to be converted into…moreThe character of Barlebooth travels the world for 20 years, painting watercolour pictures of ports. He sends these back to France to be converted into jigsaws. On his return, he solves the jigsaws and uses a chemical solution to 're-bind' them into paintings. Each painting, on the 20th anniversary of its creation, is dissolved, leaving only a white board. In short, he devotes his life to something that leaves absolutely no impression on the world.

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Has anyone read this in ebook form? I'm wondering whether the illustrations from the print version are included in the kindle version?

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Is there a central plot or does it jump from character to character? If the latter, is there anything unifying the book?

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Summary life a user's manuel?

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