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The Tale of Snake Anthony, of Xin Beitou

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January 12, 2010October 4, 2026Phillip Charlier3 Commentstaiwan books

By Caleb Cole, in Taipei County There is an eccentric man in Xin Beitou selling pocket-sized novels of an overtly sexual nature outside of one of the Seven-Elevens en route to the public hot springs, for which the locale has come to be known. I randomly learned of his existence last Saturday after he sat…

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