Mendel's Dwarf

Man Booker Shorlisted Author of The Glass Room

By: Simon Mawer

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Paperback | 7 July 2011 | Edition Number 1

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312 Pages

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2 x 12.9 x 19.7

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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.

About the Author

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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This is a rare read: a scientifically informed, passionately intelligent novel which is also deeply moving -- Christopher Hart Daily Telegraph A serious novel shot through with laugher, it is also a love story ... Impressive -- James Eve The Times Dark, funny and bitter ... the ethical dilemmas of modern genetic research in a love story that lurches from sharp humour to jaw-dropping sadness ... Marvellous' Independent

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