A Guide to the Birds of East Africa
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A Guide to the Birds of East Africa

A Novel

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

A Guide to the Birds of East Africa

A Novel

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About This Book

"A charming love triangle in Nairobi, Kenya, forms the center of a novel that manages to be both sweet and gripping." — Publishers Weekly For the past three years, Mr. Malik, a widower and avid birdwatcher, has been secretly in love with Rose Mbikwa, the lovely woman who leads the Tuesday morning bird walk sponsored by the East African Ornithological Society. Beneath his unassuming exterior and carefully sculpted comb-over lies a warm and passionate heart. But just as he gets up the nerve to ask Rose to the annual Nairobi Hunt Club Ball—Nairobi's social event of the season—a boyhood nemesis arrives and becomes equally enraptured with Rose. Rather than force her to choose between them, the two men agree to a clever solution: whoever can identify the most species of birds in one week's time will win the privilege of asking Ms. Mbikwa to the ball. Set against a lush Kenyan landscape rich with wildlife and political intrigue, this humorous novel is a "welcome respite from our crazy world" ( USA Today ). "This charming novel... If you are a fan of Alexander McCall Smith's, you'll find Drayson's knowing, sprightly writing just as entertaining." — People "[This book is] a sheer delight for birders and nonbirders alike." — Minneapolis Star-Tribune "As bright and perky as a purple-backed sunbird." — The New York Times Book Review

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Publisher
Mariner Books
Year
2009
ISBN
9780547391588
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Black Kite
  6. Pale Chanting Goshawk
  7. Heron
  8. Olive Thrush
  9. Red-bellied Tree Duck
  10. Purple Gallinule
  11. Hadada
  12. Marabou
  13. Sunbird
  14. Paradise Flycatcher
  15. Buzzard
  16. Cormorant
  17. Red Bishop
  18. Godwit
  19. Great Egret
  20. Pied Crow
  21. Black Eagle
  22. Oriole
  23. Guinea Fowl
  24. Purple Backed Sunbird
  25. Puffback
  26. Turtle Dove
  27. White Pelican
  28. Hoopoe
  29. Wader
  30. Starling
  31. Long-crested Eagle
  32. African Emerald Cuckoo
  33. Prinia
  34. Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
  35. Flamingo
  36. Great Blue Turaco
  37. Grey Parrot
  38. Sandgrouse
  39. Nightjar
  40. Kenyan Crested Guineafowl
  41. Owlet
  42. Greenbul
  43. Whimbrel
  44. Chicken
  45. About the Author