
by Simon Mawer · Little, Brown Book Group Limited · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780349000053

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«Mendel's Dwarf» is the novel by Simon Mawer, published by Little, Brown Book Group Limited in paperback (320 pages, in English).
Dr Benedict Lambert, a geneticist and distant relative of Gregor Mendel, researches heredity with personal motivation: he has achondroplasia. A chance encounter gives him the acceptance he craves and pushes him to try to correct the injustice of his genes, with devastating consequences. The novel combines scientific intrigue and moral dilemmas.
The work was originally published in 1997; this edition is from 2011. Simon Mawer, author of The Glass Room, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
For readers of literary and historical fiction seeking novels with a scientific background and ethical dilemmas.

Simon Mawer was a British author who lived in Italy.
