The Living House: An Anthropology of Architecture in South-East Asia Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller (2011) Nineteen-year-old Night Vale pawn shop

Nineteen-year-old Night Vale pawn shop owner Jackie Fierro is given a paper marked "KING CITY" by a mysterious man in a tan jacket holding a deer skin suitcase

finds out his miserly dominating late parents hid a fortune in the bank

000 feet of sheer granite is the central act

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The Living House: An Anthropology of Architecture in South-East Asia Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller (2011) Nineteen-year-old Night Vale pawn shopThis book is the first of its kind to present a detailed picture of the house within the social and symbolic worlds of South East Asian peoples. It draws on the work of both architects and anthropologists, and features the author's own first hand research. The volume focuses on the wonderful variety of Indonesian architecture and is richly illustrated with over 200 photographs.