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