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Larry Latourette
Author, Fiction and Historical Nonfiction
Work in Progress:
Automaton K
An inventor in 1880s Chicago creates an automaton that runs for president, but the machine is a hoax: the inventor's sister is hidden inside, pursuing her own agenda to upend the system.
GENRE: Satirical historical fiction, with elements of literary fiction.
STATUS: Query edits are complete!
"I couldn't stop laughing,
even as I crouched over him
and felt for a pulse."
Automaton K is the working title and is not necessarily final.
The cover is a mockup. Image: Young Woman with Red Hair, Jean Jacques Henner, 1890s.
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