The Poison Oracle by Peter Dickinson
-I think Peter Dickinson is hands down the best stylist as a writer and the most interesting storyteller in my genre.---Sara Paretsky, author of Breakdown
-Dickinson's crime novels are simply like no other; sophisticated, erudite, unexpected, intricate, English and deeply, wonderfully peculiar.- --Christopher Fowler, author of The Memory of Blood
Praise for The Poison Oracle
-I have no idea if any of this talk and ac-tion is authentic, and I don't care. Either way it's marvellous.---Rex Stout
-Intelligent, elegantly written . . . a thoroughly enjoyable read.---Sunday Times
Praise for Peter Dickinson's mysteries:
-He is the true original, a superb writer who revitalises the traditions of the mystery genre . . . incapable of writing a trite or inelegant sentence . . . a mas-ter.---P. D. James
-Consummate storytelling skill.---Peter Lovesey
Take a medieval Arab kingdom, add a ruler who wants to update the kingdom's educational facilities, include an English research psycholinguist (an Oxford classmate of the ruler) invited to pursue his work on animal communication, and then add a touch of chaos in Dinah, a chimpanzee who has begun to learn to form coherent sentences with plastic symbols. When a murder is committed in the oil-rich marshes, Dinah is the only witness, and Morris has to go into the marshes to dis-cover the truth. The Poison Oracle is a novel of its time that exposes in the everyday language people use humanity's thinking and unthinking cruelties to one another and to the animals with whom we share this earth.
Peter Dickinson has twice received the Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger. His novels include Death of a Unicorn, A Summer in the Twenties, and many more. He lives in England and is married to the novelist Robin McKinley.
Bruce Dickinson is a musician and pilot from England who is best known for his work with the band Iron Maiden. He is a passionate advocate of aviation history and preservation, having flown with the Great War Display Team.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099580607 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099580608 |
| Title | The Poison Oracle |
| Author | Peter Dickinson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 1988-02-18 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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