Fup: A modern fable

Author(s): Jim Dodge

CONTEMPORARY FICTION

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 a good shot at immortality. 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 duck, partial to a drink herself, whose unique presence transforms the Santee household. Hilarious, heart-warming 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.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9781921520846
  • : Text Publishing Company
  • : Text Publishing Company
  • : 0.088
  • : November 2009
  • : 178mm X 111mm
  • : Australia
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Jim Dodge
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : 813.54
  • : 128