Strange People, Queer Notions

Strange People, Queer Notions is a 1958 novel by Jack Vance writing as John Holbrook Vance republished in the 2002 Vance Integral Edition (VIE).

Plot introduction

A young Oregonian art student is hired by another American to housesit a villa in a small Italian village. The employer then leads various members of the expatriate community in the village to believe the young man is a blackmailer.

gollark: Unless you basically don't have a market economy, it is very unlikely that there will be no differences in the quality/quantity of goods children can get from parents.

gollark: Even if not directly money.

gollark: But if people are raised by their parents, wealthier parents can quite easily give them access to more stuff.

gollark: And why would government organised like this be immune to the horrible problems of current politics?

gollark: I don't see how you could possibly implement that without just collectively raising children.

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