Mr. Allbones' ferrets : an historical pastoral satirical scientifical romance, with mustelids / Fiona Farrell.
Material type: TextPublication details: Auckland, N.Z. : Vintage, 2007.Description: 217 pages ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781869418649 (pbk.) :
- 1869418646 (pbk.)
- Mister Allbones' ferrets
- Allbones, Walter -- Fiction
- Ferret -- New Zealand -- Fiction
- Man-woman relationships -- New Zealand -- Fiction
- Animal introduction -- New Zealand -- Fiction
- Mustelidae -- Fiction
- New Zealand fiction -- 21st century
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- New Zealand -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- New Zealand -- Fiction -- 21st century
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Fiction | Davis (Central) Library Fiction Collection | Fiction Collection | FAR | 1 | Available | T00451104 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An historical, pastoral, satirical, scientifical romance, with mustelids. A young man out poaching. A beautiful maiden in a mysterious house. A perilous voyage to distant islands. All the ingredients of a highly coloured Victorian romance are played out in the context of the great colonial experiment. Exotic species travelled back to stock the collections of Europe while useful species were dispatched to found new colonies in the antipodes. Walter Allbones really existed. So did his ferrets. From these facts, Fiona Farrell has spun a delicate, satirical fantasy about human folly and the perils attendant on disturbing the subtle balance of nature.
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