Fup
A Modern Fable
Published on 20. November 2008
128 pages
978-1-84767-363-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
You'll love it. * * Independent on Sunday * * Delightful and constantly surprising. Jim Dodge has produced something rare: a fairy tale that is wonderfully down to earth. * * Daily Telegraph * * Short, sharp and wickedly funny. * * Elle * * 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 * *More details
Series
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Canongate Books
Illustrations
black and white
ISBN-13
978-1-84767-363-3 (9781847673633)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Person
Jim Dodge is the author of three novels - Fup, Not Fade Away and Stone Junction - and a collection of poetry and short prose, Rain on the River.
He lives on an isolated ranch in western Sonoma County and has been by turns an apple picker, a carpet layer, a teacher, a professional gambler, a shepherd for five years and a woodcutter. He currently works as an environmental restorer - primarily in tree planting, log-jam removal and erosion control.
He lives on an isolated ranch in western Sonoma County and has been by turns an apple picker, a carpet layer, a teacher, a professional gambler, a shepherd for five years and a woodcutter. He currently works as an environmental restorer - primarily in tree planting, log-jam removal and erosion control.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Chapter One: Some Family History
- Chapter Two: The Great Checker Showdown Of '78
- Chapter Three: Fup
- Chapter Four: The Second Heart
- About the Author
- Praise
- Copyright
