Take a medieval Arab kingdom; include an English psycholinguist; and then add a chimpanzee. Into this setting comes a hijacked Japanese airliner, complete with a beautiful English hijackeress. A murder is committed and the ony witness is - the chimpanzee. Wear at edges, reading creases, rubbed, interior browning. Size: 4 1/4" x 7".

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Title

The Poison Oracle

Publisher

Pantheon, New York, NY

Publication Date

1982

Language

English

ISBN 10

0394710231

ISBN 13

9780394710235

Binding

Soft Cover

Illustrator

Cover Art Winslow Penney Pels

Edition

First Printing of This Edition

Condition

Good Plus

Book Type

PAPERBACK

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A chimpanzee that is able to communicate with the use of plastic symbols is the sole witness to a murder in a medieval Arab kingdom

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'Peter Dickinson is a delight to read' Times Literary Supplement

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