POISON ORACLE
1974
First Published
3.32
Average Rating
224
Number of Pages
In this bizarre thriller set in an Arab emirate, an English scientist is trying to teach a chimpanzee to communicate. But when the chimp is the sole witness to a murder, giving evidence strains its new skill to the limit.
Avg Rating
3.32
Number of Ratings
104
5 STARS
17%
4 STARS
30%
3 STARS
28%
2 STARS
17%
1 STARS
8%
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Author
Peter Dickinson
Author · 58 books
Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson OBE FRSL was a prolific English author and poet, best known for children's books and detective stories. Peter Dickinson lived in Hampshire with his second wife, author Robin McKinley. He wrote more than fifty novels for adults and young readers. He won both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Award twice, and his novel The Blue Hawk won The Guardian Award in 1975.
