The Shell Collector

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Paperback, 272 pages

Published Aug. 4, 2003 by Flamingo.

ISBN:
978-0-00-714698-7
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“The Shell Collector” (2002), a short story by American author Anthony Doerr, tells the story of a blind shell expert living in exile with his dog in Kenya who becomes something of a celebrity after he uses deadly cone venom to cure a local eight-year-old girl of Malaria.

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I originally bought this because I had read "The Caretaker" in another collection. All of the stories are worth your time, but I'd still say that "Caretaker" is my favorite.

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  • Modern fiction
  • Fiction