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'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 **A Daily Telegraph and Metro Book of the Year** **Chosen by Lindsey Hilsum, author of In Extremis, and Stuart Turton, author of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle for the Observer, 'The Best Books of 2019 - Picked by the Year's Best Writers**
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The Porpoise, Mark Haddon
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2019
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- Titolo
- The Porpoise
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Mark Haddon
- Editore
- Chatto & Windus
- Pubblicato
- 2019
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- Pagine
- 336
- ISBN10
- 1784742821
- ISBN13
- 9781784742829
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Fantasy, Prosa storica, Fantascienza, Narrativa contemporanea, Relazioni, Mitologia, Letteratura inglese, Romanzi psicologici, Relazioni Familiari, Tragedia, Navigazione marittima, Incesto, Pedofilia
- Prima pubblicazione
- 2019
- Titolo originale
- The Porpoise
- Valutazione
- 3,3 su 5
- Descrizione
- '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 **A Daily Telegraph and Metro Book of the Year** **Chosen by Lindsey Hilsum, author of In Extremis, and Stuart Turton, author of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle for the Observer, 'The Best Books of 2019 - Picked by the Year's Best Writers**