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2001•236 pages•Published•ENG•User Reviews

The Shell Collector

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“The Shell Collector” (2002), a short story by American author Anthony Doerr, tells the story of a blind shell expert living in exile with his dog in Kenya who becomes something of a celebrity after he uses deadly cone venom to cure a local eight-year-old girl of Malaria.

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First Published

2001

Pages

236 pages

Rating

4.0 / 5

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1

Editions

16

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Language

ENG, FRE, SPA

Status

Published

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