Marabou Stork Nightmares  -  Irvine Welsh

KORTE INHOUD

Roy Strang narrates the book from an (at first) unexplained coma, which he has been in for the previous two years. His life in this state is a miserable affair, surrounded by uncaring doctors and his extremely dysfunctional family. In his fantasy life, he is an adventurer in the wilds of South Africa, where he and his loyal guide, Sandy Jamieson, hunt for the marabou stork.

When not hallucinating, Strang tells his life story, beginning in a "scheme" (local authority housing) in Muirhouse, Scotland, with his ...
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1996 Uitgever: VINTAGE (RAND) 288 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 009943511X ISBN-13: 9780099435112