Download or read book The Boy on the Back of the Turtle written by Paul Quarrington and published by . This book was released on 2003-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As he cruises the Galapagos Islands in the company of his daughter, aged seven, and his father, aged seventy-three, Paul Quarrington ponders questions great and small. Equal parts memoir, travel book and good old-fashioned yarn, The Boy on the Back of the Turtle is a funny, poignant look at the mysteries of our universe.