In 1780s London, a prosperous merchant finds his quiet life upended when he unexpectedly receives a most unusual creature -- and meets a most extraordinary woman -- in this much-lauded, atmospheric debut that examines our capacity for wonder, obsessi...
One September evening in 1785, the merchant Jonah Hancock finds one of his captains waiting eagerly on his doorstep. He has sold Jonah's ship for what appears to be a mermaid. As gossip spreads through the docks, coffee shops, parlours and brothels,...