Mendel's Dwarf

Author: Simon Mawer

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Price : 28.00 NZD
ISBN : 9780349000053
Publisher : Little, Brown Book Group Limited
Imprint : Abacus
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Weight (g) : 0.256
Publication date : 01 June 2011
Dimensions : 198mm X 126mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
RRP : 29.99
Availability date : 31 July 2011
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Author : Simon Mawer
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Bind : Paperback
Edition : 1
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Language : English
Dewey classification : 823.92
Reading Level : very good
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Pages : 320
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Description

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.

Author description

Simon Mawer was born in 1948 in England, and spent his childhood there, in Cyprus and in Malta. He has lived with his wife in Italy for more than 20 years, and he teaches at the English School in Rome.

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