The porpoise : a novel / Mark Haddon.
Record details
- ISBN: 0385692676
- ISBN: 9780385692670
- ISBN: 0525564403
- ISBN: 9780525564409 (paperback)
- ISBN: 0385544316
- ISBN: 9780385544313 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780385544313 : HRD
- ISBN: 0385544316 : HRD
- ISBN: 9780385544313 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0385544316 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780525564409 (paperback)
- ISBN: 0525564403 (paperback)
- ISBN: 9780385692670
- ISBN: 0385692676
- Physical Description: 305 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-305). |
Formatted Contents Note: | The flight -- The child -- The porpoise -- The family -- The serpent -- The hunt -- The storm. |
Summary, etc.: | "A fantastical novel which reworks Shakespeare's 'Pericles' into a parable for today."-- Provided by publisher. Maja, the pregnant wife of wealthy Philippe, is killed in a plane crash but their daughter Angelica survives. Philippe's obsession with the girl's safety morphs into something sinister and grotesque as she grows into a beautiful teen. Darius, a con-artist visiting Philippe with a business proposition, encounters Angelica and decides to rescue her. The attempt goes awry, and he flees aboard a ship, The Porpoise. As Angelique comes to terms with a life imprisoned on her father's estate, Darius's exploits create parallels with the world Angelica inhabits. -- adapted from jacket |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Pericles > Adaptations. Parables. Fathers and daughters > Fiction. Swindlers and swindling > Fiction. |
Genre: | Parables. Parables. Historical fiction. Novels. |
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Rowayton Library | F HAD (Text) | 33625122825123 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |