Aristotle's Cuttlefish

Aristotle's Cuttlefish by Matthew Dooley, published by Penguin Random House in 2025.

You can tell a lot about someone from what they misplace. Oddball Mr. Daniels has spent his life sorting chaos into order. In the basement of a shabby Town Council building, he has meticulously labelled, guarded and sometimes claimed the lost property of Dobbiston's residents for thirty years; a life's work carried out mostly unnoticed. But when a bored teenager on work experience interrupts his routine, Mr. Daniel's underground world is revealed to be both a lonely prison of his own making and a refuge for his peculiar, uncurbed creativity.

A lovely addition to your coffee table or bookshelf, and a thoughtful gift for anyone who loves animals and the natural world.

• Author: Matthew Dooley
• Publisher: Penguin Random House
• Year: 2025
• Pages: 176
• ISBN: 9781787333956