The Porpoise
byMark Haddon
'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**
Language
English
Published on
02/05/2019
Pages
336
Format
hardcover
ISBN
9781784742829
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