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Marabou Stork Nightmares
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Marabou Stork Nightmares
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Irvine Welsh
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:288 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Humour |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780099435112
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Classifications | Dewey:823.914 823.914 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Vintage Publishing
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Imprint |
Vintage
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Publication Date |
29 February 1996 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
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.
Author Biography
Irvine Welsh is the author of ten previous novels and four books of shorter fiction. He currently lives in Chicago.
ReviewsA superbly talented writer...anarchic and entirely invigorating * Scotsman * A wonderful success: a funny, cleverly composed, genuinely exciting and assured leap of a novel * New Statesman * Extremely funny... As clever as Alasdair Gray, as elegant as Jeff Torrington, as passionate as James Kelman, Welsh has got it all -- Tibor Fischer Mind-bendingly good * GQ * Our most vital of contemporary authors * i-D *
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