'Wonderful, life-saving ... places Russell Hoban among the greatest, timeless novelists' The Times Born to swim thousands of miles in the ocean, the giant sea turtles are now trapped in a tank of golden-green water at London Zoo. But not for much longer. Two lonely people, a bookseller and a children's illustrator, have begun thinking turtle thoughts. As they come together to hatch a plan to release the turtles into the sea, their diaries reveal how they find their own lives changing in imperceptible and quite unintended ...
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'Wonderful, life-saving ... places Russell Hoban among the greatest, timeless novelists' The Times Born to swim thousands of miles in the ocean, the giant sea turtles are now trapped in a tank of golden-green water at London Zoo. But not for much longer. Two lonely people, a bookseller and a children's illustrator, have begun thinking turtle thoughts. As they come together to hatch a plan to release the turtles into the sea, their diaries reveal how they find their own lives changing in imperceptible and quite unintended ways. 'Crackles with witty detail, mordant intelligence and self-deprecating irony' Time 'This lovely human fable seems to me one of the best things of its kind - a fine and touching achievement' John Fowles
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Very Good in Good jacket. Size: 8x5x1; Book Club Edition with minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Pages toning with age, otherwise Text and images unmarked. Dj quite shelf worn with scuffs, creases, toning, light soiling & small tears in a mylar cover.
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First printing with different dust jacket including review slip and minimal marking inside Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. First Edition in tight clean condition with like jacket. A very collectible copy of Author's third adult novel. First printing. 211 p. ; 22 cm.
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