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In The Boy on the Back of the Turtle, Quarrington attempts to discover his own little niche in the cosmos. Cruising the volcanic Galapagos Islands on a 90-foot liner called the Corinthian in the company of his daughter, age 7, and his father, age 73, he tries to find his place as a Son, as a Father, as a Mortal frolicking beneath the heavens.
One of the funniest and most talented writers on the planet, Quarrington employs his trademark combination of wry wit and poignant observation as he takes readers on a wide-ranging investigation of everything from blue-footed boobies, careerism, taxonomy and the nature of creation to pirates, frigate birds, Herman Melville and the precarious ecology of the islands and the planet. And as the Corinthian travels in the belly of night from one island to another, Quarrington wrestles with questions great and small. Given that the Galapagos is the historic site of God's greatest setback, he points out, it is a fitting place to play out the battle within himself. A more engaging—and entertaining—battle has seldom been waged.
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Lori Goldfarb
reviewed Boy on the Back of the Turtle: Seeking God, Quince Marmalade, and the Fabled Albatross on Darwin's Islands on October 25, 2010
Boy on the Back of the Turtle
While this book is technically about the Galapagos, Paul Quarrington devotes a fair amount of space to Toronto. It is an irreverent take on the islands; Quarrington does write about their beauty, but he also writes about how godforsaken parts are, which is an odd choice of words because he is there to find God. As an uneasy mix of humanist and Jew, I felt squeamish during several of the religious passages.
I checked this book out of the library because my fiance suggested we go there for our honeymoon. After reading the book, I checked out the tour prices and found out that most of the rooms within our budget are already booked for July 2011. I don't know how we are going to afford it, but after reading this book, I am determined to go.
One of the benefits of this book is that it does a literature survey of the Galapagos. I now want to read "Voyage of the Beagle" by Charles Darwin, "The Encantadas" by Melville, and "Galapagos: World's End" by William Beebe.
The book would have been improved by a recipe for quince marmalade.
UPDATE: I have since figured out that the "quince marmalade" was membrillo. I wish the book had mentioned this.
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