Author(s): Dodge, Jim,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 03/09/2015,
Pagination: 128 pages,
Series: Canons,
Imprint: Canongate Canons,
Published By: Canongate Books,
Book Classification: Fiction & related items,
Dimensions: 199 x 136 x 8
ISBN13/EAN/SKU: 9781782116356
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 03/09/2015,
Pagination: 128 pages,
Series: Canons,
Imprint: Canongate Canons,
Published By: Canongate Books,
Book Classification: Fiction & related items,
Dimensions: 199 x 136 x 8
ISBN13/EAN/SKU: 9781782116356
There's Grandaddy Jake Santee, 99 years old, an unreformed gambler, cranky reprobate and fierce opponent of the work ethic. Thanks to his home-distilled hooch, Ol' Death Whisper, he reckons he's in with good shot at immortality. And then there's Tiny, adopted at the age of four by Grandaddy Jake, a giant young man as gentle as Jake is belligerent. And then there's Fup, an uncompromising twenty-pound mallard, partial to a drink herself, whose unique presence transforms the Santee household. Hilarious, heartwarming and magical, Fup is a contemporary fable that inspires an almost evangelical fervour in all who read it. It is a work of enormous originality with a giant heart.