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The porpoise : a novel / Mark Haddon.

By: Publication details: Toronto : Bond Street Books, 2019.Description: 305 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780385692670 (hardcover)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 23
Summary: Mark Haddon's novel begins with a harrowing plane crash: Maja, the pregnant wife of the unimaginably wealthy Philippe, is killed, but their daughter, Angelique, survives. Philippe's obsession with the girl's safety morphs into something sinister and grotesque. A young man named Darius, visiting Philippe with a business proposition, encounters Angelique and intuits their secret--he decides to rescue her, but the attempt goes awry.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Fiction Hanover Public Library Shelves FIC HADD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906001142760

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Mark Haddon's novel begins with a harrowing plane crash: Maja, the pregnant wife of the unimaginably wealthy Philippe, is killed, but their daughter, Angelique, survives. Philippe's obsession with the girl's safety morphs into something sinister and grotesque. A young man named Darius, visiting Philippe with a business proposition, encounters Angelique and intuits their secret--he decides to rescue her, but the attempt goes awry.

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