| The Porpoise Contributor(s): Haddon, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 0525564403 ISBN-13: 9780525564409 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Magical Realism - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: 823.914 |
| LCCN: 2018047987 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.50 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a bravura feat of storytelling, Mark Haddon calls upon narratives ancient and modern to tell the story of Angelica, a young woman trapped in an abusive relationship with her father. When a young man named Darius discovers their secret, he is forced to escape on a boat bound for the Mediterranean. To his surprise he finds himself travelling backwards over two thousand years to a world of pirates and shipwrecks, of plagues and miracles and angry gods. Moving seamlessly between the past and the present, Haddon conjures the worlds of Angelica and her would-be savior in thrilling fashion. As profound as it is entertaining, The Porpoise is a stirring and endlessly inventive novel from one of our finest storytellers. |
