'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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Add this copy of Turtle Diary to cart. $10.96, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Pocket Books.
Add this copy of Turtle Diary to cart. $10.96, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Pocket Books.
Add this copy of Turtle Diary to cart. $10.96, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Pocket Books.
Add this copy of Turtle Diary to cart. $14.00, very good condition, Sold by SmarterRat Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chagrin Falls, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Washington Square Press-Pocket Books.
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Very Good. 1986 Washington Square Press-Pocket Books. Paperback. 192 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Front cover has a faint vertical crease near spine. Pages lightly tanned, more so at periphery, but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Movie tie-in edition, with caption "Now a major motion picture" on front cover, along with a picture from the film with Glenda Jackson and Ben Kinsley; movie credits on back cover.
Add this copy of Turtle Diary to cart. $38.69, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Pocket.
