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Does anyone have a theory about who supplied the cheese?
Matthew Belskie It was "Genoese" cheese. The characters in the book regularly conflated and confused the names of people outside their own cultural group. To the non-…moreIt was "Genoese" cheese. The characters in the book regularly conflated and confused the names of people outside their own cultural group. To the non-Italian residents of Five Ends "Genoese" Cheese became "Jesus" Cheese.(less)
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Deacon King Kong
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