- Boys, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, Male friendship, Whaling
Jaffy Brown is running through the London backstreets when he comes face to face with the escaped circus animal. His life is transformed by the encounter. Plucked from the jaws of death by Mr Jamrach, the two strike up a friendship. Before he knows it, Jaffy finds himself on board a ship bound for the South Seas.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Carol Birch
- First published
- 2011
- Pages
- 348
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Charnwood, Canongate
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781847676573
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