{"product_id":"9780099435112","title":"Marabou Stork Nightmares","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Irvine Welsh\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 29 February 1996 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 19mm | 210g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoy Strang is engaged in a strange quest in a surrealist South Africa. His mission is to eradicate an evil predator-scavenger bird, the marabou stork, before it drives away the peace-loving flamingo from the picturesque Lake Torto. But behind this world lies another: the world of Roy's bizarre family, the Scottish housing scheme in which he grew up, his mundane job, a disastrous emigration to Africa, and his youthful life of brutality with a gang of soccer casuals. As one world crashes into the other, this potentially charming story of ornithological goodwill mutates into a filthy tale of violence, abuse and redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Irvine Welsh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57548674695493,"sku":"9780099435112","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780099435112.jpg?v=1774887211","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780099435112","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}