The Plato papers : a prophesy / Peter Ackroyd.

A novel on the way time deforms reality and the futility of bucking the process. In the 37th century, as a result of an error somewhere over the centuries, academics teach The Origin of Species was not a book on evolution by Charles Darwin, but a novel by Charles Dickens. When the hero questions the...

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Main Author: Ackroyd, Peter, 1949-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Nan A. Talese, 2000.
Edition:1st ed. in the U.S.A.
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