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An astonishing, ambitious and masterful new novel, with echoes of Birdsong , that reads at the pace of a thriller. On its way to the Galápagos Islands, a light aircraft crashes into the sea. Zoologist Daniel Kennedy is confronted with a stark Darwinian choice. Should he save himself, or... read more
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- Daniel Kennedy: Protagonist -- assoc. professor of zoology
- Wetherby: Add a description of this character.
- Martha
- Andrew Kennedy
- Nancy
- Hamdi Said-ibrahim
- Philip
- Macintyre
- Bruce
- Madame Camier
- Morris
- Machen
- Susie
- Blakemore
- Tom
- Greg
- Clive
- Amanda
- Adilah
- Cooper
- Dorothy
- Kevin
- Geoff Turner
- Mahler
- Allah
- Muslim
- James
- Paul
- Hayes
- Andy
- Peterson
- Oates
- Nance
- Passchendaele
- William
- Drayton
- Larry
- Private Kennedy
- Darwin
- Danny
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With a five-day beard and a crust of yellow mud woven into the fabric of his breeches, Peter Morris does not look like an officer.
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- Nigel Farndale (Author)
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Awards edit
- Costa Book Award (Finalist, 2010: Novel)
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- Dewey: 823.92
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