A Guide to the Birds of East Africa
Nicholas Drayson
  • Published: 26 July 2012
  • ISBN: 9780241955284
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $34.99

A Guide to the Birds of East Africa

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4 May 2009
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26 Jul 2012
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'A funny, ingenious and touching love story' Joanne Harris

'A funny, ingenious and touching love story' Joanne Harris

Reserved, honourable Mr Malik. You wouldn't notice him in a Nairobi street - except, perhaps, to comment on his carefully sculpted comb-over - but beneath his unprepossessing exterior lie a warm heart and a secret passion. Not even his closest friends know it, but Mr Malik is head-over-heels in love with the leader of the local Tuesday-morning bird walk, Rose Mbikwa.

Little can he imagine the hurdles that lie before him. Even as he plucks up the courage to ask for Rose's hand, thieves, potential kidnappers and corrupt officials, not to mention one particularly determined love rival, seem destined to thwart Mr Malik's chances.

Will an Indian gentleman in the heart of Africa be defeated by the many obstacles that stand between him and his heart's desire? Or will honour and decency prevail?
  • Published: 26 July 2012
  • ISBN: 9780241955284
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $34.99
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About the author

Nicholas Drayson

Nicholas Drayson was born in England and has lived in Australia since 1982, where he studied zoology and a PhD in 19th century Australian natural history writing. He has worked as a journalist in the UK, Kenya and Australia, writing for publications such as the Daily Telegraph and Australian Geographic. From 1998 to 2001 he wrote for the National Museum of Australia. His first novel, Confessing a Murder, was published in 2002, his latest is A Guide to the Birds of East Africa (Penguin, 2008). He was recently the winner of the inaugural WILDCARE Tasmania Nature Writing Prize.

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Praise for A Guide to the Birds of East Africa

A book of immense charm; a sort of P G Wodehouse meets Alexander McCall Smith

Joanne Harris

An enchanting comedy of bird-watching, love and African life

Woman & Home

A delightful comedy... It invites comparison to The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency books, but it's original and, if anything, has more depth

Daily Mail

Sweet, charming and utterly wonderful on the subject of birds

Metro

A perfect holiday read

Prima

A charming satire - think William Boyd's A Good Man of Africa with a dash of Alexander McCall Smith

Conde Nast Traveller

Heart-warming, I was charmed . . . akin to the No 1 Ladies Detective AgencySeries [with] a flavour all its own

Richard Fortey

Drayson's tale, spiked with a comtemporary sensibility and wit, teases apart the strands of life in Nairobi... More than that, it's a page-turner... Charming, certainly, but far from cloying

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