The Porpoise (Hardcover)

'Just downright brilliant... a transcendant, transporting experience' Observer 'A full-throttle blast of storytelling mastery' Max Porter A newborn baby is the sole survivor of a terrifying plane crash. She is raised in wealthy isolation by an overprotective father. She knows nothing of the rumours about a beautiful young woman, hidden from the world. When a suitor visits, he understands far more than he should. Forced to run for his life, he escapes aboard The Porpoise, an assassin on his tail... So begins a wild adventure of a novel, damp with salt spray, blood and tears. A novel that leaps from the modern era to ancient times; a novel that soars, and sails, and burns long and bright; a novel that almost drowns in grief yet swims ashore. Pirates rampage, a princess wins a wrestler's hand, and ghost women with lampreys' teeth drag a man to hell - and in which the members of a shattered family, adrift in a violent world, journey towards a place called home. 'A breathless, delightful, utterly absorbing read' Guardian

General

Imprint:	Chatto and Windus
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2019
Authors:	Mark Haddon
Dimensions:	240 x 162 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-1-78474-282-9
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	1-78474-282-1
Barcode:	9781784742829

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