The Cormorant
For a young couple, the small cottage tucked away in a quiet village in the mountains of north Wales, a legacy from a distant, estranged uncle, is a dream come true. The one condition of the inheritance is that they keep the uncle's beloved pet cormorant. They soon discover, however, that the...
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For a young couple, the small cottage tucked away in a quiet village in the mountains of north Wales, a legacy from a distant, estranged uncle, is a dream come true. The one condition of the inheritance is that they keep the uncle's beloved pet cormorant. They soon discover, however, that the cormorant is no mere bird, but a foul and malignant creature that may exact a greater price than they are willing to pay. Produced by the BBC as a TV film starring Ralph Fiennes.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780312913144 (0312913141)
Publish date: November 14th 1988
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Edition language: English
Whew, what a ride! A young couple inherits a house from a recently deceased uncle with one twist: they must also take the man's pet Great Cormorant that he rescued and keep it alive and healthy. They readily accepted without thinking that the bird will be much of a burden and were they in for a sur...
It is a rare event when a book not only stuns me speechless, it refuses to loosen it's grip upon my subconscious, coloring my nightmares and haunting my waking moments.This is a work that must be read to bear witness to it's power, there are no words that can adequately describe the creeping sense o...
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