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BAT VALLEY AND OTHER STRANGE AFRICAN ANIMAL STORIES IBD

ROBERT GURNEY
CAMBRIA BOOKS
07 / 2017
9781999741600
Inglés

Sinopsis

The object of desire at the heart of &lsquo,The Jaguar Men of Kiziba&rsquo, is the last King of Rwanda&rsquo,s Jaguar Mk5 coupé. Based on a true story, it includes Princess Margaret&rsquo,s state visit to Uganda. The main character&rsquo,s weakness, envy, leads to a dramatic ending.á&lsquo,The Lungfish Man of Mbazi&rsquo, has a relatively happy dénouement. It involves a research programme at Bat Valley linked to space exploration that almost ends in disaster for the researcher.á&lsquo,The Mount Elgon Waiter&rsquo, culminates, in a Fawlty Towers-like scene in a tourist hotel, in a reference to witchcraft.á&lsquo,The Moth Lady of Tororo&rsquo, finds an ageing British lawyer almost falling for a glamorous young post-grad student in a swimming pool situated in a hotel near the Uganda-Kenya border.á&lsquo,The Kampala Shopping Mall Ostrich Man&rsquo, examines the disgraceful behaviour of a married Lothario.á&lsquo,The Owl Man of Mukuno&rsquo, is a dark tale involving an Englishman, his Mugandan wife and his mother-in-law.á&lsquo,The Bat Valley University Praying Mantis Man&rsquo, delves deeply into a work by the surrealist artist M.C. Escher: &lsquo,Dream&rsquo,.á&lsquo,The Snake Lady of Nakasero&rsquo, involves a man&rsquo,s deep fear of snakes, his efforts to overcome it, a doomed relationship and a fatal snakebite suffered during curfew.áA fear of spiders is the subject of &lsquo,The Spider Man of Gulu&rsquo,. It features the spoiled daughter of a member of the British Establishment who overcomes her fear only to meet an unexpected end in the north of Uganda.á&lsquo,The Congolese Warthog Man&rsquo, relates how a man from Katanga, turning his back on the ivory trade, learns how to love a warthog.áFinally, &lsquo,Bat Valley&rsquo, tells the story of a man whose all-consuming interest in bats leads to near-disaster.á... and manyámore humorous tales.