The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection |
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Editor:
| Dozois, Gardner |
Series title: | Year's Best Science Fiction Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-4299-9345-6 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2006 |
Publisher: | St. Martin's Press
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Imprint: | Saint Martin's Griffin |
Book Format: | Ebook |
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Book Description:
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A chance encounter one night introduces our hero, Walter Allbones, to the beautiful Eugenia and her grandfather, Pitford, a natural scientist and collector of rare birds. Allbones is a ferretwhisperer, so to speak, and Pitford recruits him to collect a bunch of ferrets for export. Within months of their meeting, the three embark upon a perilous voyage that will produce dramatic and unexpected results. Mr. Allbones' Ferrets is an enchanting historical novel with a tender love story at...
More DescriptionA chance encounter one night introduces our hero, Walter Allbones, to the beautiful Eugenia and her grandfather, Pitford, a natural scientist and collector of rare birds. Allbones is a ferretwhisperer, so to speak, and Pitford recruits him to collect a bunch of ferrets for export. Within months of their meeting, the three embark upon a perilous voyage that will produce dramatic and unexpected results. Mr. Allbones' Ferrets is an enchanting historical novel with a tender love story at its center. A chance encounter one night introduces our hero, Walter Allbones, to the beautiful Eugenia and her grandfather, Pitford, a natural scientist and collector of rare birds. Allbones is a ferretwhisperer, so to speak, and Pitford recruits him to collect a bunch of ferrets for export. Within months of their meeting, the three embark upon a perilous voyage that will produce dramatic and unexpected results. Mr. Allbones' Ferrets is an enchanting historical novel with a tender love story at its center.