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Book SynopsisRoy Strang is engaged in a strange quest in a surrealist South Africa. His mission is to eradicate an 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 Africa, 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.
Trade ReviewA 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 *
