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Book Review of Once upon the River Love

Once upon the River Love
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Set in the 1970s in the vast, remote forests of eastern Siberia, this novel tells the story of three boys on the verge of manhood isolated in the cold nothingness that is Siberia. 20 years after seeing actor Jean-Paul Belmondo seduce a cast of beautiful women 18 times, they come to America with the intention of continuing in their hero's footsteps.