The Porpoise is the fourth novel by award-winning British author, Mark Haddon and is a retelling of the Greek legend of Apollonius. . Her wealthy father Philippe, paralysed by grief at the loss of his wife, becomes reclusive, keeping Angelica in isolation.
Indeed, if Haddon weren’t the author of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” I would have darted away from his new book, too. Newborn Angelica is the only survivor of a small plane crash.
[The Porpoise] races across the oceans: it is a book of thrilling, salt-caked adventures that scintillate like sunlight on the surface of the sea. Free UK p&p over £15, online orders only.
. The Porpoise is a joy to read.” —Max Porter, author of Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, winner of the International Dylan Thomas Prize “Haddon’s glittering tapestry of a novel skilfully redeploys the structures of Pericles’ source material. The Porpoise is full of death and darkness, but Haddon uses them as vehicles to deliver keen observations on the nature of loss, depression, judgment, and cowardice.Some of … The Porpoise by Mark Haddon has an overall rating of Positive based on 23 book reviews.
... From the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and The Pier Falls comes a mythic, fantastical novel which reworks Shakespeare's Pericles into a dark modern day parable.
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• The Porpoise by Mark Haddon is published by Chatto & Windus (£18.99).
There are desperate escapes … . The Porpoise is a joy to read.--Max Porter, author of the International Dylan Thomas Prize-winning Grief is the Thing With Feathers "Mark Haddon cuts down to the grittiness of humanity every time he writes.
The Porpoise is a beautiful, unputdownable, ancient tangle with its …
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