The Book of Wonder · Character
Mr. Thomas Shap
A ponderable London clerk whose humdrum life cracks open into coronation and spiritual transformation, splitting him into a public self and a secret, other Shap.
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Also known as Mr. Shap, Shap, the spiritual Shap, the real Shap, other Shap, Dirty Chu-bu, Chu-bu
First appearance: The Book of Wonder
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Appears as a spiritual figure in the chronicle.
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Mr. Thomas Shap moves through the ordinary world of ledgers and routine, yet something in him answers to a stranger, more ceremonial calling. The tension lies between the respectable man his colleagues know and the…
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- Minor and Mythical
- Quest for Tears
- Love and Treasure
- Literary Men Adventures
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