This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2019 by Mark Haddon
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, and distributed in Canada by Random House of Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited, Toronto. Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus, an imprint of Vintage, a division of Penguin Random House Ltd., London, in 2019.
DOUBLEDAY and the portrayal of an anchor with a dolphin are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.
Cover design by Emily Mahon
Woodcut illustration by Edson Ikê/Marlena Agency
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Haddon, Mark, 1962– author. | Novelization of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616. Pericles.
Title: The porpoise : a novel / Mark Haddon.
Description: First edition. | New York : Doubleday, [2019]
Identifiers: LCCN 2018047987| ISBN 9780385544313 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780385544320 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616. Pericles—Adaptations. | Parables.
Classification: LCC PR6058.A26 P67 2019 | DDC 823/.914—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018047987
Ebook ISBN 9780385544320
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