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The Mystery of the Sardine

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Dalkey Archive Press, 1986 - Fiction - 193 pages
When an unknown black poodle inexplicably explodes in philosophy professor Timothy Chesterton-Brown's backyard-paralyzing the professor and killing his guest-we enter the mystery of the sardine. It is a mystery whose unwitting detectives are not trench-coated sleuths but, rather, include a twelve-year-old Oxonian mathematician named Ian, author of Euclid Was an Ass; his mother, Miss Prentice, a palmist; his beloved, Emma, daughter of the professor, for whom he names his most important postulate; a bureaucrat, Joseph Kszak, dubbed the Minister of Imponderabilia; the Great Man's widow and his secretary, affectionately known as the Dancing Ladies; and Lady Cooper, the aging daughter of a famous Polish general. The clues they unearth-drawing on philosophical logic, the occult, intuition, and everything in between-lead them far from the tiny seacoast town with the exploding poodle: we find them hunting in Majorca, Rome, Warsaw, and London. The solution ultimately lies, however, at the furthest and most magical reaches of reason, which can only be deduced by this mystery's most visionary detectives. Book jacket.
  

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User Review  - Ginny - Goodreads

I really didn't get on with this book. They style of writing is rather Lewis Carroll esque which isn't really my thing to start with. It's also positioned as a detective story but you never find out ... Read full review

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I found this on someone's wishlist. And, since it is nearly Christmas.... I couldn't resist the temptation. Read full review

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About the author (1986)

Stefan Themerson (1910 -1988 ) was born in Poland, moved to Russia during the Revolution, studied physics and architecture in Warsaw, and lived in Paris before settling in London. Aside from his writingswhich include novels such as Hobsons Island and Tom Harris, childrens stories, philosophical essays, and poemsThemerson also composed music and made a number of films with his wife Franciszka.

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TitleThe Mystery of the Sardine
British literature series
AuthorStefan Themerson
Editionreprint
PublisherDalkey Archive Press, 1986
ISBN156478455X, 9781564784551
Length193 pages
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