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After crashing and burning during his PhD viva, Mason Ambrose is offered a large amount of money to come to the Isla de Sangre to instruct the daughter of wealthy Edwina Sabachtani. He is to use his knowledge as a philosopher to instil a conscience, a moral compass, in Edwina's daughter Londa following a diving accident which has supposedly destroyed her sense of right and wrong. Mason happily instructs her in schools of thought, from the stoics to the epicureans. But it is when he introduces her to the Beatitudes that the seeds of a rampaging sense of justice are sown and Londa becomes determined that the meek really shall inherit the earth! She becomes something of a 'celebrity saint' but then she takes her crusade too far, kidnapping a boat full of wealthy industrialists.
A funny, tongue in cheek but also thought-provoking novel from the author of THE LAST WITCHFINDER that asks important questions about what makes us human and how we makes choices in a complex world.
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a studiedly outrageous new satire (Ed Lake THE TIMES)
a dazzling new novel about morailty.. James Morrow has created an outlandish and irresistible comedy of manners looking at humanity, philosophy and ethics. (Lindsay Jones PRESS ASSOCIATION)
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a dazzling new novel about morailty.. James Morrow has created an outlandish and irresistible comedy of manners looking at humanity, philosophy and ethics. (Lindsay Jones PRESS ASSOCIATION)
A cross between Lost, Pygmalion and The Island of Dr Moreau! A philosopher is given the task of teaching a mysterious child, but does not foresee the consequences for his protegee...
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- Data di pubblicazione2008
- ISBN 10 0297853430
- ISBN 13 9780297853435
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine368
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Descrizione libro Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Codice articolo GOR001684422
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. The Philosopher's Apprentice This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Codice articolo 7719-9780297853435
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Codice articolo 6545-9780297853435
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Descrizione libro Condizione: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:9780297853435. Codice articolo 9115350
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new uncorrected proof copy. 1st printing. After crashing and burning during his PhD viva, Mason Ambrose is offered a large amount of money to come to the Isla de Sangre to instruct the daughter of wealthy Edwina Sabachtani. Codice articolo FS09/072D
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Descrizione libro Trade Paperback. 384pp. A brilliant philosopher with a talent for self-destruction, Mason Ambrose gratefully accepts an offer no starving ethicist could refuse. He must travel to a private tropical island and tutor Londa Sabacthani, a beautiful, brilliant adolescent who has lost both her memory and her moral sense in a freak accident. Londa's soul is an empty vesselâ "and Mason's job will be to fill it. But all is not as it seems on Isla de Sangre. Londa's reclusive mother is secretly sheltering a second child whose conscience is a blank slate. Even as the mystery deepens, Mason confronts a frightening question: What will happen when Londa, her head crammed with lofty ideals and her bank account filled to bursting, ventures out to remake our fallen world in her own image?. Codice articolo 53704
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Descrizione libro Original Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. The UK edition preceded the US hard cover edition published by Morrow in 2008. The boards are clean and unmarked. There is browning to the top edges of the pages near the top of the spine and the fore edges have a little light marking. The pages are otherwise unmarked. Light edge wear and surface marking to the jacket. First printing. Codice articolo 017485
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