About The Book

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Story set on a Greek island, made into a film by 20th Century Fox and starring Sophia Loren, Alan Ladd and Clifton Webb. Boy on a Dolphin is set on one of the magic sun-drenched islands of Greece. Here Pero languishes, 'exiled' by her father to keep her away from an Italian boy. But Guido follows her and swimming underwater in 'aqualungs'. they find and hide a wonderful bronze statue of the young god Apollo astride a dolphin. The exciting news spreads. A Cambridge professor arrives, and an American news-reporter Madden. Guido scenting a fortune, illegally arranges to sell the statue to a Swedish millionaire. But Pero has other plans-the island is poor and the statue would be a magnet for tourists. So to win a battle of wits, she uses all her mischievous charm and resourcefulness and loses her heart again.