The Whale at the End of the World

Informationen zum Autor John Ironmonger was born and grew up in East Africa. He has a doctorate in zoology, and was once an expert on freshwater leeches. He is the author of The Good Zoo Guide and the novels The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder (shortlisted for the 2012 Costa First Novel Prize and the Guardian 's Not the Booker Prize), The Coincidence Authority and The Whale at the End of the World (an international bestseller). He has also been part of a world record team for speed reading Shakespeare, has driven across the Sahara in a £100 banger, and once met Jared Diamond in a forest in the middle of Sumatra. Klappentext THE STORY OF A MAN WHO HAD GIVEN UP HOPE... ...AND THE VILLAGE THAT GAVE IT BACK TO HIM 'Forget everything you know about apocalypses. This novel, set in Cornwall, will restore your faith in humanity' Elle Vorwort The runaway international bestseller: 'Forget everything you know about apocalypses. This novel, set in Cornwall, will restore your faith in humanity' Elle UK Zusammenfassung The runaway international bestseller: 'Forget everything you know about apocalypses. This novel, set in Cornwall, will restore your faith in humanity' Elle UK

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The runaway international bestseller: 'Forget everything you know about apocalypses. This novel, set in Cornwall, will restore your faith in humanity' Elle UK

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John Ironmonger was born and grew up in East Africa. He has a doctorate in zoology, and was once an expert on freshwater leeches. He is the author of The Good Zoo Guide and the novels The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder (shortlisted for the 2012 Costa First Novel Prize and the Guardian's Not the Booker Prize), The Coincidence Authority and The Whale at the End of the World (an international bestseller). He has also been part of a world record team for speed reading Shakespeare, has driven across the Sahara in a £100 banger, and once met Jared Diamond in a forest in the middle of Sumatra.

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THE STORY OF A MAN WHO HAD GIVEN UP HOPE... ...AND THE VILLAGE THAT GAVE IT BACK TO HIM 'Forget everything you know about apocalypses. This novel, set in Cornwall, will restore your faith in humanity' Elle

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The runaway international bestseller: 'Forget everything you know about apocalypses. This novel, set in Cornwall, will restore your faith in humanity' Elle UK