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9781550547016

The Boy on the Back of the Turtle Seeking God, Quince Marmalade, and the Fabled Albatross on Darwin's Islands

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  • ISBN13:

    9781550547016

  • ISBN10:

    1550547011

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-08-06
  • Publisher: Greystone Books
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $14.95

Summary

As he cruises the Galapagos Islands in the company of his daughter, aged seven, and his father, aged seventy-three, Paul Quarringtonponders questions great and small. Equal parts memoir, travel book and good old-fashioned yarn, The Boy on the Back of the Turtleis a funny, poignant look at the mysteries of our universe.

Author Biography

Paul Quarrington is the author of seven novels, and is also an accomplished screenwriter. He won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour for his 1987 novel "King Leary," and his Governor General’s Award-winning novel "Whale Music" was made into a critically acclaimed feature film. (The Governor General Award is Canada’s most esteemed literary prize: other winners include Carol Shields and Michael Ondaatje and Margaret Atwood.) His most recent novel is the "Spirit Cabinet", published in the US by Grove press in 2001.

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