Pod by Laline Paull - ISBN: 9781472156617
Paperback
Deaf dolphin flees pod, discovers ocean’s terrifying secrets and humanity’s cruelty.

Pod

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION

  • Paperback

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    12 April 2022

Summary

Bestselling author of The Bees Laline Paull returns with an immersive and transformative new novel of an ocean world - its extraordinary creatures, mysteries, and mythologies - that is increasingly haunted by the cruelty and ignorance of the human race.

Ea has always felt like an outsider. As a spinner dolphin who has recently come of age, she’s now expected to join in the elaborate rituals that unite her pod. But Ea suffers from a type of deafness that means she just can’t s…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781472156617
ISBN-10:1472156617
Author:Laline Paull
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Corsair
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:12 April 2022
Weight:300g
Dimensions:22mm x 134mm x 216mm
A-Format
B-Format
Pod by Laline Paull - ISBN: 9781472156617
134 × 216 mm
C-Format
A4
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What They're Saying

Critics Review

Laline Paull succeeds splendidly in rising to the most important literary challenge of our time - restoring voice and agency to other-than-human beings * Amitav Ghosh *
A pacy, provocative tale of survival in a fast-changing marine landscape * Daily Mail *
Extraordinary…A haunting story * Red magazine *
One for those intrigued by Cli-Fi … [a] terrifying novel * Cosmo, ‘Best new good books to read’ *
Thought provoking…The dramas of the ocean are played out in a perfectly compiled plot and, as you’d expect, the beauty of the underwater is vividly and sensitively written. It’s another conversation starter * Belfast Telegraph *
What an extraordinary empathetic tale of life beneath the waves that spoke deeply to my salty heart … an absolutely essential read of an almost “psychedelic shaman” perspective of our underwater cousins * Ed Gillespie, author of Only Planet *
Any Laline Paull book release is something to get excited about. I love her work. Truly a distinctive force * Irenosen Okojie, author of Nudibranch *
Propulsive and pertinent… at once beautiful and terrifying, Paull captures the complexity of the dolphin pod dynamics, themes of family and belonging, and an eye-opening perspective of humanity’s huge influence on the lives of sea creatures * Bridge Bookshop *
Keep an eye out for Pod … [a] brilliant new novel, set amongst a dolphin community * The Bookanista *

About The Author

Laline Paull

London-born and of Indian heritage, Laline Paull studied English at Oxford, screenwriting in Los Angeles, and theatre in her home city. She writes across a variety of forms and lives in the English countryside with her family.

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