{"product_id":"the-poison-oracle-paperback","title":"The Poison Oracle - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Dickinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I think Peter Dickinson is hands down the best stylist as a writer and the most interesting storyteller in my genre.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Sara Paretsky, author of \u003ci\u003eBreakdown\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Dickinson's crime novels are simply like no other; sophisticated, erudite, unexpected, intricate, English and deeply, wonderfully peculiar.\" --Christopher Fowler, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Memory of Blood\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Poison Oracle\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I have no idea if any of this talk and ac-tion is authentic, and I don't care. Either way it's marvellous.\"--Rex Stout \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Intelligent, elegantly written . . . a thoroughly enjoyable read.\"--\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for Peter Dickinson's mysteries: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"He is the true original, a superb writer who revitalises the traditions of the mystery genre . . . incapable of writing a trite or inelegant sentence . . . a mas-ter.\"--P. D. James \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Consummate storytelling skill.\"--Peter Lovesey \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTake a medieval Arab kingdom, add a ruler who wants to update the kingdom's educational facilities, include an English research psycholinguist (an Oxford classmate of the ruler) invited to pursue his work on animal communication, and then add a touch of chaos in Dinah, a chimpanzee who has begun to learn to form coherent sentences with plastic symbols. When a murder is committed in the oil-rich marshes, Dinah is the only witness, and Morris has to go into the marshes to dis-cover the truth. \u003ci\u003eThe Poison Oracle \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel of its time that exposes in the everyday language people use humanity's thinking and unthinking cruelties to one another and to the animals with whom we share this earth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Dickinson \u003c\/b\u003ehas twice received the Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger. His novels include \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Unicorn\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Summer in the Twenties\u003c\/i\u003e, and many more. He lives in England and is married to the novelist Robin McKinley.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Dickinson: Peter Dickinson OBE has twice received the Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger as well as the Guardian Award and Whitbread Prize. His latest book is \u003ci\u003eEarth and Air: Tales of Elemental Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e (Big Mouth House). He lives in England and is married to the novelist Robin McKinley. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8.49 x 5.63 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 20, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48704283574521,"sku":"9781618730657","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/q1DsX_abkP9781618730657.webp?v=1784811781","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-poison-oracle-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}