Mixedone of the most unfortunate books that I've ever read... This is one of the most face palmy books I've ever read... he's a good writer... but every single decision that he makes is the wrong one in this book.
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The Goat Without Horns (1971)
Others: Mixed "The Goat Without Horn"s was Thomas Burnett Swann's first book-length work -- a strange tale of a remote island, an island which should be a paradise, but quickly becomes a nightmare in which all known rules of behaviour seem reversed. There, a young man brought up amidst the proprieties of Victorian England finds that his only friend is one small, lonely dolphin...and his enemies include several well-ordered hammerhead sharks...
- ISBN:
- 9781434441331
- Length:
- 194 pages
Genres: fantasy, science fiction
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