Desolation Island

by Adolfo García Ortega

As the twentieth century draws to a close, a ship heads for Punta Arenas at Chile's southern tip. On board is Oliver Griffin, who is fascinated by the island and spends his life drawing intricate maps of it. He is on an unusual quest, inspired by a photograph of his grandparents embracing a strange automaton that now lives in the Punta Arenas museum.

This fearsome metal warrior is a sixteenth-century robot from a proposed mechanical army,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0099516934
• ISBN13: 9780099516934
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Vintage Books
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.8"