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In the 1870s, Hans Bengler arrives in Cape Town from Sweden, driven by a singular desire: to discover an insect no one has seen before and name it after himself. But then he impulsively adopts a young San orphan, a boy he christens Daniel and brings with him back to Sweden--a quite different specimen than he first contemplated. Daniel is told to call Bengler "Father," taught to knock on doors and bow, and continually struggles to understand this strange new land of mud and snow that surrounds and seemingly entraps him. At the same time, he is haunted by visions of his murdered parents calling…
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13 editions · 5 languages- Hardcover · English · 2010DanielHarvill Secker · 279 pages · 9781843432227
- Other · English · 2011DanielW F Howes · 439 pages · 9781407468846
- Other · English · 2011DanielVintage · 9780099481430
- Other · English · 2011DanielVintage Books · 9780307385840
- Other · English · 2010DanielThe New Press · 279 pages · 9781595581938
- Other · English · 2010DanielReadHowYouWant.com, Limited · 428 pages · 9781459607606
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