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21%OFFSimon Mawer - Mendel's Dwarf - 9780349000053 - V9780349000053
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Mendel's Dwarf

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Description for Mendel's Dwarf Paperback. * Reissue of Simon Mawer's briliant third novel MENDEL'S DWARF Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256.

Like his great-great-great uncle, the early geneticist Gregor Mendel, Dr Benedict Lambert is struggling to unlock the secrets of heredity. But for Benedict the mission is particularly urgent and personal, for his is afflicted by achondroplasia. He is a dwarf. When a chance meeting leads him to the acceptance that he craves, he begins a journey towards correcting the injustice of his own capricious genes, with devastating consequences.

As intelligent as it is entertaining, this witty novel is a gripping tale of scientific intrigue and moral uncertainty.

Product Details

Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349000053
SKU
V9780349000053
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99-10

About Simon Mawer
Simon Mawer was born in 1948 in England, and spent his childhood there, in Cyprus and in Malta. He then moved to Italy, where he and his family lived for more than thirty years while he taught at the British International School in Rome. He and his wife currently divide their time between Italy and Hastings. Simon Mawer is the ... Read more

Reviews for Mendel's Dwarf
This is a rare read: a scientifically informed, passionately intelligent novel which is also deeply moving
Telegraph
A serious novel shot through with laugher, it is also a love story . . . Impressive
The Times
Dark, funny and bitter . . . the ethical dilemmas of modern genetic research in a love story that lurches ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Mendel's Dwarf


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