Wake Up

Tim Pears

RRP: £6.99

Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING

Publication Date : 07/07/2003

Paperback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

From the author of "In A Land Of Plenty" and "In The Place Of Fallen Leaves". "In A Land Of Plenty" sold over 80,000 copies and was successfully adapted for television. Covers the newsworthy theme of genetic modification of foodstuffs. "A surprisingly hypnotic, middle-aged meditation on mortality" "Daily Telegraph".

Publisher's description:

For John, a potato isn't just a staple food, it's also something wondrous, the secret of his success and the key to the future. With his brother, Greg, he has turned his father's greengrocery business into Spudnik, Britain's largest dealer in potatoes. Now, he wants to change the world by introducing, through potatoes, edible vaccines.

ISBN: 9780747561538