Anna O'Brien leads a predictable and quiet life as a map librarian at the illustrious Library of Congress until she stumbles across the baffling mystery of a ship disappeared at sea

Franz Beckenbauer

and Kate has begun to think about going to dances

During an era of never-ending breadlines and corrupt cops

Alvin - only seventeen and the last person to be born in Diaspar - finds that he is increasingly drawn to what lies outside the city walls

The Island of Doctor Moreau (SF Masterworks) Grade1 Fiction Anna O'Brien leads a predictableEdward Prendick is shipwrecked and finds himself stranded on an island in the Pacific. Here he meets the sinister Dr. Moreau, a vivisectionist driven out of Britain in disgrace. And soon strange events cause Prendick to uncover the full horror of Dr. Moreau's activities on the island.