Fup by Jim Dodge

Fup by Jim Dodge

Fup is a tale of two humans, one duck and several vats of home-brewed whisky. 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.

You'll love it* * Independent on Sunday * *
Delightful and surprising. Jim Dodge has produced something rare: a fairy tale that is wonderfully down to earth. * * Daily Telegraph * *
Short, sharp and wickedly funny. * * Elle * *
This novel is fupped uck. * * The Times * *
Stupendous. It is a jewel, a gem, a diamond in the cesspool of life. * * San Francisco Chronicle * *

Jim Dodge is the author of three novels - Fup, Not Fade Away and Stone Junction - and a collection so poetry and short prose, Rain on the River. He lives on an isolated ranch in western Sonoma County and has been by turns an apple picker, a carpet layer, a teacher, a professional gambler, a shepherd for five years and a woodcutter. He currently works as an environmental restorer - primarily tree planting, log-jam removal and erosion control.

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ISBN 13	9781841954899
ISBN 10	1841954896
Titre	Fup
Auteur	Jim Dodge
État	Non disponible
Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Canongate Books
Année de publication	2004-03-01
Nombre de pages	96
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