Author

Publication

1999-04-01 - Thorndike Press

Language

English

Word Count

74,000 words, Guess

Page Count

296 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivegiantobrien0000mant
  • ISBN-100786217979
  • ISBN-139780786217977
  • Goodreads3176304
  • Library of Congress Control Number98091030
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  • Better World Books9780786217977
  • Open LibraryOL8136610M

Classifications

  • LCCPR6063.A438 G5 1999b

Description

London, 1782: center of science and commerce, home to the newly rich and the desperately poor. Among whom is the Giant, O'Brien, a freak of nature, a man of song and story who trusts in the old myths. He has come from Ireland to exhibit his size for money. He has, he soon finds, come to die. His opposite is a man of science, the famed anatomist John Hunter. Hunter lusts after the Giant's corpse, a medical curiosity, a boon to the advancement of scientific knowledge.

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