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 Message 1277 
 John Dovey to August Abolins 
 Cain's Jawbone 
 15 Jun 22 13:23:06 
 
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 AA> Hi All...


 AA> The puzzle consists of a 100-page prose narrative with its pages arranged
 AA> in the wrong order. [...] To solve the puzzle, the reader must determine
 AA> the correct order of the pages and also the names of the murderers and
 AA> victims within the story. The story's text includes a large number of
 AA> quotations, references, puns, Spoonerisms and other word games. The pages
 AA> can be arranged in 9.33?10157 (factorial of 100) possible combinations,
 AA> but there is only one correct order. The solution to the puzzle has never
 AA> been made public.

 AA> Cain's Jawbone - Paperback
 AA> Mathers Edward Powys
 AA> Games & Activities / Puzzles
 AA> Published May 14, 2021

 AA> Caution: NOT for ebook readers!  ;)  The physical format is the ONLY way
 AA> to go for this challenge..  and you could even be tempted to rip out the
 AA> pages to but the story in chronological order.

 Definitely not for me. I just don't have the patience for that sort of thing. 


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