Neanderthal - Hardcover

Darnton, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679449787 ISBN 13: 9780679449782

Publisher: Random House, 1996

Synopsis

Very Good; see scans and description. New York: Random House, 1996. 'Neanderthal - Their Time Has Come', by John Darnton. First Edition, First Printing, i.e. "First Edition" stated below number line starting with "2" (this was the Random House designation for a first printing in 1996). See scan of copyright page. Octavo, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 383 pp. (xiii + 368 + 2). Very Good; about a 10 degree spine lean, corners touched (see scans). No other notable flaws, Sharp, bright. A scientific thriller by Polk Award and Pulitzer Prize- winning journalist John Darnton, in which is contemplated hypothetical re-ascendance of the presumed ancient competitor for planetary hominid dominance, the Neanderthals (whose DNA does, in fact, still spice that of most of us today, to a degree). L71

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About the Author

John Darnton was born in New York City in 1941. He has worked for 30 years as a reporter, editor, and foreign correspondent for the New York Times, based in New York, Nigeria, Kenya, Spain, Poland, and the United Kingdom. He won the James Polk Award for his coverage of Africa and Eastern Europe, and in 1982 was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for stories smuggled out of Poland during martial law. He lives in London and is bureau chief for the New York Times.

Reviews

Matt Morrison and Susan Arnot, archaeologists and ex-lovers, are summoned to investigate an odd find: an apparently new Neanderthal skull. They rush to Tadjikistan and foray into some of the least hospitable terrain in Asia. Not too unexpectedly, they find their quarry only to discover a long-lost mentor who is guarding unsettling moral, political, and archaeological secrets that threaten their lives and those of the reclusive Neanderthals. Untangling the puzzle involves figuring out why one tribe is vegetarian and peaceful, the other martial and carnivorous; why their brains are larger than those of contemporary humans; and how they communicate without speech. When government agents intrude and threaten the scientific find, the two scientists must survive, rescue their old friend, deceive American and Russian intelligence gatherers, and balance a study of an astounding archaeological find with the interests of the tribes. This first novel by a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter is very Indiana Jonesish; in fact, movie rights have been sold to Steven Spielberg and Dreamworks. Recommended summer reading, if not to be taken seriously. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 4/1/96. Originally scheduled for release in August, this novel was rushed into print in response to the publication of Petru Popescu's Almost Adam, another novel about the discovery of modern-day cave dwellers, reviewed on p. 85.?Ed.]?Edwin B. Burgess, Combined Arms Research Lib., Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
-?Edwin B. Burgess, Combined Arms Research Lib., Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Random House
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679449787
• ISBN 13: 9780679449782
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368