01378cam a2200241 4500 503786898 TxAuBib 20190627120000.0 190605s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018047987 9780385544313 0385544316 TxAuBib Haddon, Mark. The porpoise : a novel / Mark Haddon. New York : Doubleday, [2019] 305 pages. The flight -- The child -- The porpoise -- The family -- The serpent -- The hunt -- The storm. A newborn baby, the sole survivor of a terrifying plane crash, is raised in wealthy isolation by an overprotective father. She knows nothing of the rumours about a beautiful young woman, hidden from the world. When a suitor visits, he understands far more than he should. Forced to run for his life, he escapes aboard The Porpoise, an assassin on his tail. So begins a wild adventure of a novel, damp with salt spray, blood and tears. A novel that leaps from the modern era to ancient times, mirroring both the ancient Greek legend of Appolinus, and Shakespeare's retelling of the same in his play Pericles. 20190627. Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Adaptations. Adventure fiction.