Imprint: Black Swan
Published: 26/10/1979
ISBN: 9780552992060
Length: 416 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 26mm x 127mm
Weight: 283g
RRP: £10.99
'The brown bears paced, brushing their thick coats against the bars; their heads swayed low to the ground, in rhythm with some ritual of stealth they were born knowing and pointlessly never forgot'
It is 1967 and two Viennese university students decide to liberate the Vienna Zoo, as was done after World War II. The eccentric duo, Graff and Siggy, embark on an adventure-filled motorbike tour of Austria as they prepare for "the great zoo bust." But their grand scheme will have both comic and gruesome consequences, as they are soon to find out...
Imprint: Black Swan
Published: 26/10/1979
ISBN: 9780552992060
Length: 416 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 26mm x 127mm
Weight: 283g
RRP: £10.99
The most nourishing, satisfying novel I have read in years. I admire the hell out of it
Sensual, moving, truly remarkable
Imagine a mixture of Till Eulenspiegel and Ken Kesey and you've got the range of the merry pranksters who hot-rod through Mr Irving's book, tossing flowers, stealing salt-shakers, and planning the biggest caper of their young lives