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Description for Snapper
Paperback. A birdwatcher's guide to the human heart - an unconventional coming of age story from an unforgettable new voice that will appeal to fans of David Vann and Annie Proulx. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
With wry humour and real freshness, SNAPPER charts the disastrous love affair between career birdwatcher Nathan Lochmueller and the place that made him.
Nathan Lochmueller studies birds, for just enough money to scrape a living. He drives a glitter-festooned truck, the Gypsy Moth, and is in love with the enigmatic and free-spirited Lola. Around them swirls a remarkable cast of characters: the proprietor of Fast Eddie's burgers, the genius behind 'Thong Thursdays', a snapping turtle with a taste for thumbs and a German Shepherd who howls backing vocals. As he creeps through the undergrowth observing the ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Tinder Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780755396214
SKU
KIN0009112
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Brian Kimberling
Brian Kimberling is a native of Indiana and a graduate of Indiana University. In the mid-nineties he was a research assistant for a major study of Indiana songbirds, an experience central to his first book, SNAPPER. Since then he has lived and worked in the Czech Republic, Mexico, Turkey and England. He began writing SNAPPER on the Bath Spa Creative ... Read more
Reviews for Snapper
Superb... always engaging, sometimes beautiful and often funny'
Telegraph
Captivating... Snapper could do for birdwatchers what Annie Proulx did for small-town newspaper reporters and cowboys
Independent on Sunday
Funny and adroit fiction
Margaret Atwood, via Twitter Delightfully entertaining
Esquire
Brilliant... an absolute joy of a book. I predict big things for it
... Read more
Telegraph
Captivating... Snapper could do for birdwatchers what Annie Proulx did for small-town newspaper reporters and cowboys
Independent on Sunday
Funny and adroit fiction
Margaret Atwood, via Twitter Delightfully entertaining
Esquire
Brilliant... an absolute joy of a book. I predict big things for it
... Read more