More about the book
Where do you look for answers in an uncertain world? Meet the Caspers... Jonathan is a palaeontologist, searching in vain for a prehistoric squid. His wife, Madeline, an animal behaviourist, cannot explain why the pigeons she is studying are becoming increasingly aggressive. Their older daughter Amelia is a fervent anti-capitalist and disappointed teenage revolutionary, while their younger, Thisbe, has become a devout Christian. Meanwhile, the girls' grandfather, Henry, is slowly absenting himself from life. Before he can absent himself altogether, however, Jonathan and Madeline decide to separate - and, suddenly, each family member has to confront their fears about the world in which they live.
Book purchase
The great perhaps, Joe Meno
- Language
- Released
- 2010
- product-detail.submit-box.info.binding
- (Paperback)
Payment methods
We’re missing your review here.
- Title
- The great perhaps
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Joe Meno
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN10
- 033051248x
- ISBN13
- 9780330512480
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Family, Contemporary Fiction, Relationships, Death, Sexuality & Intimacy, Coming Of Age, Marriage, Fear, Magical Realism, Dreams, Siblings, Old Age, Problems, Scientists, Chicago
- Rating
- 3.55 out of 5
- Description
- Where do you look for answers in an uncertain world? Meet the Caspers... Jonathan is a palaeontologist, searching in vain for a prehistoric squid. His wife, Madeline, an animal behaviourist, cannot explain why the pigeons she is studying are becoming increasingly aggressive. Their older daughter Amelia is a fervent anti-capitalist and disappointed teenage revolutionary, while their younger, Thisbe, has become a devout Christian. Meanwhile, the girls' grandfather, Henry, is slowly absenting himself from life. Before he can absent himself altogether, however, Jonathan and Madeline decide to separate - and, suddenly, each family member has to confront their fears about the world in which they live.