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PAÇO D'ARCOS (Joaquim). O NAVIO dos Mortos e Outras Novelas. Lisboa. 1952. - PAÇO D'ARCOS (Joaquim) O NAVIO dos Mortos e Outras Novelas . Lisboa: Edições SIT, 1952. 314, [6] pp.; 190 mm. First edition. The Ship of the Dead and Other Short Stories is the third volume of short fiction by Joaquim Paço d'Arcos, appearing between Snow on the Sea (1942) and Carnival and Other Stories (1958). The collected short stories reflect the author's cosmopolitan experience as head of the Press Services of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, unfolding in settings ranging from China and Macau to South Africa, Russia and Great Britain. The title story, inspired by a real crime that occurred in London involving a Macau millionaire, is considered one of the most highly regarded in the volume. Unusual in its first edition. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate