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Humpty Dumpty in Oakland

In 1950s San Francisco, elderly garage owner Jim Ferguson prepares to retire and sell his business, but when he is offered the deal of a lifetime by record-company owner Chris Harman, Al Miller, one of Jim's mechanics who thinks that Harman is a crook, sets out to protect his mentor.

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  • "In 1950s San Francisco, elderly garage owner Jim Ferguson prepares to retire and sell his business, but when he is offered the deal of a lifetime by record-company owner Chris Harman, Al Miller, one of Jim's mechanics who thinks that Harman is a crook, sets out to protect his mentor."
  • "In 1950s San Francisco, elderly garage owner Jim Ferguson prepares to retire and sell his business, but when he is offered the deal of a lifetime by record-company owner Chris Harman, Al Miller, one of Jim's mechanics who thinks that Harman is a crook, sets out to protect his mentor."@en
  • "In 1950s San Francisco, elderly garage owner Jim Ferguson prepares to retire and sell his business, but when he is offered the deal of a lifetime by record-company owner Chris Harman, Al Miller, one of Jim's mechanics who thinks that Harman is a crook, sets out to protect his mentor"
  • "Set in the San Francisco Bay area in the late 1950s, Humpty Dumpty in Oakland is a tragicomedy of misunderstandings among used car dealers and real-estate salesmen: the small-time, struggling individuals for whom Philip K. Dick always reserved his greatest sympathy. Jim Fergesson, an elderly garage owner with a heart condition, is about to sell up and retire; Al Miller is a somewhat feckless mechanic who sublets part of Jim's lot and finds his livelihood threatened by the decision to sell; Chris Harman is a record company owner who for years has relied on Fergesson to maintain his cars. When Harman hears of Fergesson's impending retirement he tips him off to what he says is a cast-iron business proposition: a development in nearby Marin County with an opening for a garage. Al Miller, though, is convinced that Harman is a crook, out to fleece Fergesson of his life's savings. As much as he resents Fergesson he can't bear to see that happen and - denying to himself all the time what he is doing - he sets out to thwart Harman."
  • "San Francisco dans les années 50. Jim Fergusson, patron d'un garage, décide de prendre sa retraite à la suite d'une défaillance cardiaque. Il compromet ainsi la situation de Al Miller à qui il loue une partie de son local."

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  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Science fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Powieść amerykańska"@pl

http://schema.org/name

  • "Humpty Dumpty in Oakland"@en
  • "Humpty Dumpty in Oakland"
  • "Humpty Dumpty à Oakland"
  • "Humpty Dumpty à Oakland : roman"
  • "Lo stravagante mondo di Mr Fergesson : romanzo"
  • "Lo stravagante mondo di Mr Fergesson : romanzo"@it
  • "Humpty Dumpty w Oakland"@pl
  • "Humpty dumpty in Oakland"
  • "Humpty Dumpty in Oakland : a novel"