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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 232 pages. light wear / marksA highly original and unusual debut. While carrying out historical res earch at an Ontario asylum, psychiatrist Harry Karlinsky comes across a familiar surname in the register. Could the Thomas Darwin of Down, England be a relative of the famous Charles Darwin? In a narrative woven from letters, photogr aphs, historical documents and illustrations, what emerges is a sketch of Thomas 's life - the last of eleven children born to Charles Darwin. It tells of his ob session with extending his father's studies into the realm of inanimate objects - kitchen utensils, to be precise. Can the theory of evolution be aplied to kniv es, forks and spoons? In this stunning factitious biography, Karlinsky pr esents us with the tragically short life of Thomas Darwin, leaving the reader to decide how much is fact and how much is fiction.…