The Pearl J. Soori and the revelation of long-buried

and the revelation of long-buried truths

or simply relaxing by the River Thames

they set off across the city to solve the mystery of each missing sock

Then a letter arrives out of the blue

The Pearl J. Soori and the revelation of long-buriedThere it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon. Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino, Juana, and their infant son with meager subsistence. Then, on a day like any other, Kino emerges from the sea with a pearl as large as a sea gull's egg, as "perfect as the moon." With the pearl comes hope, the promise of