Summary
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 lie a warm heart and a secret passion. Not even his closest friends know it, but Mr Malik is head-over-heels in love with the leader of the local Tuesday-morning bird walk, Rose Mbikwa.
Little can he imagine the hurdles that lie before him. Even as he plucks up the courage to ask for Rose’s hand, thieves…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241955284 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241955289 |
| Author: | Nicholas Drayson |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 26 July 2012 |
| Weight: | 149g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 13mm |
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A perfect holiday read
A book of immense charm; a sort of P G Wodehouse meets Alexander McCall Smith * Joanne Harris *An enchanting comedy of bird-watching, love and African life * Woman & Home *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 *Sweet, charming and utterly wonderful on the subject of birds * Metro *A perfect holiday read * Prima *A charming satire - think William Boyd’s A Good Man of Africa with a dash of Alexander McCall Smith * Conde Nast Traveller *Heart-warming, I was charmed … akin to the No 1 Ladies Detective AgencySeries [with] a flavour all its own * Richard Fortey *Drayson’s tale, spiked with a comtemporary sensibility and wit, teases apart the strands of life in Nairobi… More than that, it’s a page-turner… Charming, certainly, but far from cloying * Wanderlust *
About The Author
Nicholas Drayson
Nicholas Drayson was born in England and has lived in Australia since 1982, where he studied zoology and a PhD in 19th century Australian natural history writing. He has worked as a journalist in the UK, Kenya and Australia, writing for publications such as the Daily Telegraph and Australian Geographic. He is the author of two previous novels, Confessing a Murder, Love and the Platypus.
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