Publication Date: 03/09/2015 ISBN: 9781782116356 Category:

Fup

Jim Dodge, Harry Horse

Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Publication Date: 03/09/2015 ISBN: 9781782116356 Category:
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There’s Grandaddy Jake Santee, 99 years old, an unreformed gambler, cranky reprobate and fierce opponent of the work ethic. Thanks to his home-distilled hooch, Ol’ Death Whisper, he reckons he’s in with good shot at immortality. And then there’s Tiny, adopted at the age of four by Grandaddy Jake, a giant young man as gentle as Jake is belligerent.

And then there’s Fup, an uncompromising twenty-pound mallard, partial to a drink herself, whose unique presence transforms the Santee household.

Hilarious, heartwarming and magical, Fup is a contemporary fable that inspires an almost evangelical fervour in all who read it. It is a work of enormous originality with a giant heart.

Publisher Review

I was a "wilderness educator" back in Texas in the mid-eighties ... At night I used to read these tough, streetwise kids to sleep - Catcher in the Rye, The Grapes of Wrath, and a fable called Fup by Jim Dodge. They loved Fup in particular, a fable about a duck ... I still hear from these kids - they're all over the country now and generally they're out of trouble, except for the fact that they might be reading Fup to their kids -- Colum McCann * Paris Review * A fairytale ending worthy of Oscar Wilde * Sunday Telegraph * You'll love it * Independent on Sunday * Short, sharp and wickedly funny * Elle * Delightful and constantly surprising. Jim Dodge has produced something rare: a fairy tale that is wonderfully down to earth. * Daily Telegraph * This novel is fupped uck. * The Times * Stupendous. It is a jewel, a gem, a diamond in the cesspool of life. * San Francisco Chronicle * A short, masterful and unusual fable. * The Times * A timeless fable that is vibrant, vital, poetic and full of humanity, this is a short but perfectly formed work that you can come back to again and again. * Waterstone's Books Quarterly * If you fell in love with Babe then you'll love Fup. Simple, touching and refreshingly short * The Face * A pint-sized powerpack of a novel. It's got everything * Big Issue * Fup shows Jim Dodge to be one of the most original literary voices * Elle *

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