A Guide to the Birds of East Africa - Hardcover

Drayson, Nicholas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670917575 ISBN 13: 9780670917570

Publisher: Viking, 2008

Synopsis

Reserved, honourable Mr Malik. You wouldn’t notice him in a Nairobi street – except, perhaps, to comment on his carefully sculpted comb over – but beneath his unprepossessing exterior lies a warm heart and a secret passion. Not even his friends at the Asadi Club know it, but Mr Malik is head-over-heels in love with the leader of the Tuesday morning bird walk of the East African Ornithological Society, Rose Mbikwa.

While Mr Malik hesitantly plans how he will ask Rose to the annual Hunt Ball, flashy Harry Kahn arrives in town and makes it clear that he too has Rose in his sights. When Mr Malik blurts out his feelings at the Club a wager is set - whoever sees the most birds in a week will ask Rose to the ball.

With boats, planes and guides to get him to the choicest bird-watching spots in Kenya, Harry Kahn's soon noting down everything from pearl-breasted swallows to spur-winged plovers. But Mr Malik's not so easily beaten and with unorthodox methods and far-flung adventures of his own, he's determined to stay in the game.

About this title

Product Description:

A love story set around bird watching in Nairobi!! Two men compete for the attentions of the leader of the Tuesday morning bird walk of the Ornithological Society of East Africa, the lovely Rose. The two men set out to woo her by spotting the most birds. Fun, humorous and charming story set in Africa. Hardcover, intact and clean and undamaged.

Review:

'A charming satire - think William Boyd's A GOOD MAN OF AFRICA with a dash of Alexander McCall Smith'
-- Conde Nast Traveller

'A delightful comedy... It invites comparison to The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency books, but it's original and, if anything, has more depth'
-- Daily Mail

'A perfect holiday read' -- Prima

'An enchanting comedy of birdwatching, love and African life' -- Woman & Home

'Sweet, charming and utterly wonderful on the subject of birds' -- Metro

'This is a book of immense charm; a sort of P G Wodehouse meets Alexander McCall Smith' -- Joanne Harris

`Heart-warming, I was charmed . . . akin to the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series with a flavour all its own' -- Richard Fortey

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0670917575
• ISBN 13: 9780670917570
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208