Roy Strang is engaged is a strange quest in a surrealist South Africa. His mission is to eradicate the evil predator-scavenger bird, the marabou stork, before it drives away the peace-loving flamingo from the picturesque Lake Torto. But behind this world lies another: the world of Roy's bizarre family, the Scottish housing scheme in which he grew up, his mundane job, a disastrous emigration to Aftrica, and his youthful life of brutality with a gang of soccer casuals. As one world crashes into the other, this potentially charming story of ornithological goodwill mutates into a filthy tale of violence, abuse and redemption.
| ISBN | 009943511X | | DEWEY edition | DC20 | | ISBN13 | 9780099435112
(What's this?) | | Pages | 288 | | Publisher | Vintage | | Weight (grammes) | 200 | | Imprint | Vintage | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 199 | | Publication date | 29 Feb 1996 | | Width (mm) | 130 | | Non-book description | B | | Spine width (mm) | 20 | | Library of Congress | PR6073.E4 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY | 823.914 | |
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"A wonderful success: a funny, cleverly composed, genuinely exciting and assured leap of a novel."--"New Statesman"
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