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    A Fish In The Mirror
    A Fish In The Mirror
    A Fish In The Mirror
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    A Fish In The Mirror

    By Joshua Baldwin

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    What would you say if someone asked you why the world was worth saving? What if you didn’t really care? This is the problem that young Horatio is facing when a visit to his local aquarium goes in an unexpected direction. Inspired by a Chinese legend, “A Fish in the Mirror” is a humorous yet thoughtful exploration of human nature through scenes of everyday banality and of not-so-everyday crisis. Like the finest magic realism, the fantastical premise of the story lends a charm and dynamism that in no way reduces the relevance of the observations it presents, making this title an essential reading for anyone looking for a thrill, an escape, or an inspiration.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRhetorical Ratatouille
    Release dateSep 16, 2013
    ISBN9781301129263
    A Fish In The Mirror
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    Joshua Baldwin

    Joshua Baldwin aspires to write stories as colourful as his childhood. Born in Ireland in the middle of one of the most difficult periods in that country’s history, Joshua moved to Ethiopia at the age of five and spent the next 11 years eating poisonous berries, chasing monkeys out of his garden, and daydreaming. Back in the United Kingdom, he wrote prolifically for creative student publications at the University of Oxford (where he studied Archaeology), and has since moved into the exciting word of freelance and blogging. The fact that making stories up is a real career is something he finds as desirable as it is amazing.

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      A Fish In The Mirror - Joshua Baldwin

      A Fish In The Mirror

      By

      Joshua Baldwin

      Edited by Yvan C. Goudard

      Copyright 2013 Rhetorical Ratatouille - All Rights Reserved

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      Table of Contents

      Preface

      A Fish In The Mirror

      About The Author

      Discover

      Credits

      Preface

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      What would you say if someone asked you why the world was worth saving? What if you didn’t really care? This is the problem that young Horatio is facing when a visit to his local aquarium goes in an unexpected direction. Inspired by a Chinese legend, A Fish in the Mirror is a humorous yet thoughtful exploration of human nature through scenes of everyday banality and of not-so-everyday crisis. Like the finest magic realism, the fantastical premise of the story lends a charm and dynamism that in no way reduces the relevance of the observations it presents, making this title an essential reading for anyone looking for a thrill, an escape, or an inspiration.

      A Fish In The Mirror

      ***

      Horatio trudged down the road alone. It had occurred to him that it might be nice to stay in Brighton after the end of term to enjoy the social pleasures of university life without the burden of work. Unfortunately, this had not occurred to anyone else, and now Horatio had a whole week’s worth of time to fill all by himself. This solitude had not curbed his desire to have a pleasant time, and he was at this very moment headed towards the local aquarium.

      Horatio did not have a very clear idea of what an aquarium was. He was aware of the basic principle, but the mundane realities had been edged out of his mind by a fantasy born in the excessive consumption of dated maritime literature. While his

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