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NOT FORGETTING THE WHALE begins when a city trader washes up - literally - on the sands of St Piran in Cornwall, and is quickly rescued by the villagers. From the retired village doctor and the schoolteacher, to the beachcomber and the owner of the local bar, the priest's wife and the romantic novelist, they take this lost soul into their midst. But what the villagers don't know is that previous to his advent on the beach, Joe Haak worked as an analyst and he has fled the City amid fears of a banking collapse caused by a computer program he invented. Not only that but his program is now predicting a perfect global storm of an oil crisis, a virulent disease and a conflict in the Middle East. The predictions for a global collapse are off the scale and Joe feels they must prepare for the worst. But is the end of the world really nigh? NOT FORGETTING THE WHALE is a book about the interconnectedness of things, the ripple effect, the connections in the wider world that allow our cities to be fed and watered, from the growers to the manufacturers, the distributors down to the individuals. And it's about the interconnectedness that exists in a small community on the 'tippiest tip' of Cornwall. It's a book about humanity - does self-interest win in a crisis? - and there is a love story of sorts. And a whale...

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Plný název: Not Forgetting The Whale
• Autor: J.W. Ironmonger
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 400
• EAN: 9781780227986
• ISBN: 1780227981
• ID: 04842877
• Nakladatelství: Orion Publishing Co
• Hmotnost: 282 g
• Rozměry: 199 × 133 × 25 mm
• Datum vydání: 10. September 2015

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