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Tag: Jamrach’s menagerie

Tigers, Dragons and Whales

On May 25, 2017 By Andrew G LockhartIn Book Review, Historical FictionLeave a comment

Jamrach’s Menagerie by Carol Birch   Long-listed for the 2011 Man Booker Prize, Jamrach's Menagerie is an absorbing story, a sort of cross between The Life of Pi and The Ancient Mariner. [at any rate it has a tiger and a cursed ship.] Jaffy Brown is eight years old. He runs away from Bermondsey with …

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Shall we eat the cabin boy?

On December 9, 2013 By Andrew G LockhartIn Book Review, Books, Writing and PublishingLeave a comment

Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch A Review Long-listed for the 2011 Man Booker Prize, Jamrach's Menagerie is an absorbing story of the sea, a sort of cross between The Life of Pi and The Ancient Mariner; at any rate it has a tiger and a cursed ship. Jaffy Brown is eight years old. He runs …

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